Nicsmirnovius paggii, Sousa & Elmoor-Loureiro, 2017

Sousa, Francisco Diogo Rocha & Elmoor-Loureiro, Lourdes, 2017, ZIP code matters: Nicsmirnovius paggii, a new species from fitzpatriki-complex (Cladocera: Chydoridae) does not co-occur with Nicsmirnovius incredibilis, Journal of Natural History 51 (37 - 38), pp. 2247-2270 : 2254

Nicsmirnovius paggii sp. nov.

( Figures 4–7 )

Alona eximia in Paggi (1979), Figures 1 –22; Nicsmirnovius cf. incredibilis in Elmoor- Loureiro (2007), Figure 15 Nicsmirnovius sp. in Sousa and Elmoor-Loureiro (2012), p. 357.

Type locality

São Bartolomeu River , Paranoá, Distrito Federal, Brazil (15°41.018’S, 47°39.733 ʹ W) .

Materials examined. Holotype

Undissected, adult parthenogenetic female in a tube with 92% ethanol deposited at the Zoological Museum of the São Paulo University under access number MZUSP 35 , 348 . The label of holotype is: Nicsmirnovius paggii , 1 parth. ♀ from São Bartolomeu River, Distrito Federal, Brazil . Holotype. Paratypes. Brazil. One hundred and ninety-four parthenogenetic females from São Bartolomeu River, Distrito Federal (15°41.018’S, 47°39.733 ʹ W), coll . on IX.2006 - V.2008. Forty-three parthenogenetic females and one male adult from Gama Stream, Distrito Federal (15°57 ʹ 26.6 ʹ ’S, 47°58 ʹ 30.2 ʹ ’W), coll . on 1 September 2006. Twentyone parthenogenetic females from Mestre D’ armas Stream , Distrito Federal (15°35.306’S, 47°39.638 ʹ W), coll . between September 2006 – March 2009. One hundred and thirty-four parthenogenetic females from Pipiripau Stream, Distrito Federal (15°34 ʹ 21.5 ʹ ’S, 47° 30 ʹ 34.7 ʹ ’W), coll. between September 2006 – March 2009. Four parthenogenetic females from Sarandi Stream, Distrito Federal (15°35.210’S, 47°43.949 ʹ W), coll . on 25 April 2008. Eighty-eight parthenogenetic females from Sobradinho Stream, Distrito Federal (15° 38.401’S, 47°47.293 ʹ W), coll . between April 2008 – March 2009. Twenty-seven parthenogenetic females from Tabocas Stream, Distrito Federal (15°51 ʹ 43.9 ʹ ’S, 47°44 ʹ 36.0 ʹ ’W), coll. between September 2006 – March 2009. One parthenogenetic female from Preto River , Formosa, Goiás (15°43 ʹ 03.0 ʹ ’S, 47°19 ʹ 07.9 ʹ ’W), coll . on 14 April 2009; material was collected by Grupo de Estudos em Ecossistemas Aquáticos – GEEA ( FDRS0219-259 ; FDRS0356 ; EL01587– EL01594 ) . Two parthenogenetic females from Cruz das Almas, Bahia (12° 38 ʹ 22.0”S, 39°11 ʹ 20.7”W), coll . on 2 September 1999 by Eduardo Mendes da Silva ( EL1498 ) . Two parthenogenetic females from Lago Viana, Maranhão (3°13 ʹ 0.00”S, 45°0 ʹ 27.00”W), coll . on 6 May 1999 by R . Barbieri and P. Costa Neto ( EL01505 - EL01506 ) . Thirteen parthenogenetic females from Arembi River, Ipojuca , Pernambuco (8°24 ʹ 0’’S, 35°3 ʹ 51 ʹ ’W), coll . on 18 September 2013 by Cyntia Goulart ( EL02468 ) . One parthenogenetic female and one male from Araguaia River, Xambioá , Tocantins (6°24 ʹ 22”S, 48°32 ʹ 8”W), coll . on 3 August 2003 ( EL01766 ) . One parthenogenetic female from Santa Bárbara, Minas Gerais (19º57 ʹ 34”S, 43º24 ʹ 55”W), coll . on 17 February 2005 by Rosana Menendez ( EL01558 ) . One parthenogentic female from Cedro Pond, Distrito Federal (15°53 ʹ 50.2”S, 47°56 ʹ 37.7”W), coll . on 27 August 1998 by Lourdes Maria Abdu Elmoor-Loureiro ( EL00854 ) . One parthenogenetic female from Meia Lua Farm, Pirenóplis , Goiás (15°50 ʹ 10”S, 48°54 ʹ 28”W), coll . on 4 June 2000 by Valéria Barros ( EL02228 ) . Fifty-nine parthenogenetic females from Macacos River, Paranã River Valley , Goiás (14°27 ʹ 42.9”S, 47°00 ʹ 15.2”W), coll . on 11 April 2003 by Lourdes Maria Abdu Elmoor-Loureiro ( EL00856 , 01499 - EL01504 ) . Two parthenogenetic females from Paraguay River, Pantanal , Mato Grosso do Sul (21°43 ʹ 44.9”S, 57°55 ʹ 46.5”W), leg . Adriana Maria Guntzel ( FDRS0461 ; FDRS0462 ) . One parthenogenetic female from small stream, Salto do Jacuí, Rio Grande do Sul (20°05 ʹ 41.78 ʹ ’S, 53°12 ʹ 57.73 ʹ ’W), coll . on 23 March 2012 by Francisco Diogo R . Sousa ( CLLA081 ) . Argentina. Four parthenogenetic females and one male juvenile from Paraná River Basin (31º36 ʹ 41”S, 60º41 ʹ 50”W), coll . by Juan C. Paggi. Material deposited at personal collection of FDRS ( CLLA082-092 ) . Colombia. Two parthenogenetic females from Yahuarcaca Lake, Letícia , Colombia (4°11 ʹ 32”S, 69°57 ʹ 28”W), coll . on 19 May 2009 by Camilo Andrade and Osvar Cupitra ( EL01922 ) .

Figures

Figure 1. Nicsmirnovius incredibilis (Smirnov, 1984) from Curuá-Una River, Amazonas River Basin, Brazil. (a) Habitus of parthenogenetic female; (b) idem – outline; (c) Dorsal view of carapace; (d) Ventral view of carapace; (e) Ventral margin of carapace; (f) Posteroventral corner of carapace; (g) Head shield; (h) Head pores; (i) Labrum; (j) Maxilla; (k, l) Antennules; (m) Antenna. Scale bars = 50 μm in (f, h–m); 100 μm in (a–e).

Figure 4. Nicsmirnovius paggii sp. nov. from São Bartolomeu River, Paraná River Basin, Brazil. (a) Habitus of parthenogenetic female; (b) Dorsal view of carapace; (c) Ventral view of carapace; (d) Ventral margin of carapace; (e) Posteroventral corner of carapace; (f) Head shield; (g) Head pores; (h) Labrum; (i) Maxilla; (j, k) Antennules; (l) Antenna. Scale bars = 50 μm in (e, g–l); 100 μm in (a–d, f).

Figure 5. Nicsmirnovius paggii sp. nov. from São Bartolomeu River, Paraná River Basin, Brazil. (a) First limb; (b) idem – endite 3, element; (c) idem – ODL and IDL; (d) Second limb, arrows indicate elements; (e) Third limb, exopodite; (f) idem – distal endite; (g) idem – basal endite; (h) Fourth limb, exopodite; (i) idem – variation on the seta 5; (j) idem – endites, arrow indicate elements; (k) Fifth limb, arrow indicate elements; (l) idem – variation on the seta 2 of inner lobe. Scale bar = 50 μm.

Figure 6. Nicsmirnovius paggii sp. nov., parthenogenetic female. (a) Postabdomen, from São Bartolomeu River, Paraná River Basin, Brazil; (b) Postabdominal claw, dorsal view; (c) Outline of postabdomen from Mestre D’armas Stream, Paraná River Basin, Brazil; (d) Outline of postabdomen from Gama Stream, Paraná River Basin, Brazil; (e) Outline of postabdomen from Paraná River Basin, Argentina; (f–i) Male from Gama Stream Paraná River Basin, Brazil; (f) Habitus; (g) Antennule; (h) First limb; (i) Postabdomen. Scale bars = 50 μm.

Figure 7. Nicsmirnovius paggii sp. nov. from São Bartolomeu River, Paraná River Basin, Brazil. (a) Habitus of parthenogenetic female; (b) Rostrum; (c) Spine on the first segment of endopodite antenna; (d) Lateral head pore. Sacle bars: figure (a) = 100 µm; figures (b-c) = 10 µm; figure (d) = 1 µm.