Brancelia, HERCEGOVINAE (BRANCELJ, 1990)

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BRANCELIA HERCEGOVINAE ( BRANCELJ, 1990)

COMB. NOV. ( FIGS 1–3 )

= Alona hercegovinae Brancelj, 1990 ; Brancelj (1990: figs 1, 2; pl. 1); Brancelj & Dumont (2007: fig. 1A)

Type locality: Cave Ljelješnica , Stolac, Dabarsko Polje, Herzegovina ( Bosnia and Herzegovina) . Type material see Brancelj (1990).

Material examined: Type series. Paratypes. Six adult parthenogenetic females, Cave Ljelješnica , Stolac, Dabarsko Polje, Herzegovina ( Bosnia and Herzegovina). Leg. B. Sket and F. Velkovrh, 17.ix.1987 .

Additional material: One juvenile and one adult parthenogenetic female, Cave Ljelješnica , Stolac, Dabarsko Polje, Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. Leg. A. Brancelj, 21.vii.1988 .

Figures

Figure 1. Brancelia hercegovinae (Brancelj, 1990) comb. nov. = Alona hercegovinae Brancelj, 1990. Adult parthenogenetic females. Cave Ljelješnica, Stolac, Dabarsko Polje, Herzegovina, Leg. A. Brancelj. A, habitus; B, idem, outline; C–D, labral keel; E, ventral valve margin; F, head pores; G, postabdomen; H, inner portion of fifth limb. Abbreviations: fc, filter comb; pr, process.

Figure 2. Head shields of Brancelia hercegovinae (Brancelj, 1990) comb. nov. (A) and Brancelia sketi (Brancelj, 1992) comb. nov. (B), after Brancelj (1990, 1992).

Figure 3. Brancelia hercegovinae (Brancelj, 1990) comb. nov. = Alona hercegovinae Brancelj, 1990. Adult parthenogenetic females, appendage morphology. Cave Ljelješnica, Stolac, Dabarsko Polje, Herzegovina, Leg. A. Brancelj. A, first antenna; B, second antenna; C, first limb, outer distal lobe (ODL) omitted; D, first limb, ODL; E, second limb; F, third limb, exopodite; G, third limb, endite; H, idem, inner setae with gnathobase; I, fourth limb, exopodite; J, fourth limb, endite; K, fifth limb. Abbreviations: as, accessory seta; ep, epipodite; ex, exopodite; fc, filter comb; gn, gnathobase; IDL, inner distal lobe; il, inner lobe; ODL, outer distal lobe; s, sensillum.