Niphargus salonitanus S. Karaman, 1950b

Karaman, Gordan S., 2016, On two new or interesting species of the family Niphargidae from Greece and Croatia (Contribution to the knowledge of the Amphipoda 286), Ecologica Montenegrina 5, pp. 1-17 : 16

Niphargus salonitanus S. Karaman, 1950b

Niphargus (Orniphargus) salonitanus S. Karaman, 1950b: 137 , figs. 62-72;

Niphargus salonitanus G. Karaman, 2014a: 215 ; G. Karaman, 2074b: 51 (other synonyms omitted).

Material examined:

S-7137= Lastovo island , spring Lokanj, Uble, Croatia, 2.8.2006, 3 juv. exp. (leg. K. Žganec) .

Remarks: The specimens in hands (3 juv. exp. up to 9.3 mm) have all taxonomical characteristics of N. salonitanus : elongated third peduncular article of antenna 2, flagellum of antenna 2 slender, longer than last peduncular article. Inner plate of maxilla 1 with 3 setae (juvenile exp.). Coxa 1 with subrounded ventroanterior corner. Propodus of gnathopods 1-2 large, with remarkably inclined palm; L-spines on palm of gnathopod 1 propodus sitting laterally of the S-spine; L-spines on palm of gnathopod 2 propodus sitting behind the S-spine; dactylus of gnathopods 1-2 along outer margin with row of single setae. Dactylus of pereopods 3-7 at inner margin with one slender spine or spine-like seta; epimeral plates 1-3 with pointed ventroposterior corner. Article 2 of pereopod 7 broad, with short ventroposterior lobe. Uropod 1 peduncle with dorsointernal row of spines, rami nearly equal, without plumose setae. Uropod 2 inner ramus slightly longer than outer one, both rami without plumose setae. Uropod 3 short. Telson longer than broad, lobes with 3 distal short spines each and a pair of longer lateral plumose setae.

Locus typicus: subterranean waters in Solin near Split, Croatia.

Distribution: Niphargus salonitanus is known from various localities in central and southern coastal region of Dalmatia and Herzegovina: Split region (S. Karaman, 1950a), Cavtat (S. Karaman, 1953); Neretva river (G. Karaman, 1984), Dubrovnik (Vilina pećina Cave) (G. Karaman, 2014a). Recently G. Karaman mentioned this species for Island Korčula (2014b).

Discovery of this species in another Adriatic island more far from the Dalmatian coast, Lastovo Island, extends known area of distribution of this species on other southern Adriatic islands, and probably this species settled also some other adjacent southern Adriatic islands.