论文信息 - THE SUBTERRANEAN ASELLIDS OF MARYLAND: DESCRIPTION OF CAECIDOTEA NORDENI, NEW SPECIES, AND NEW RECORDS OF C. HOLSINGERI AND C. FRANZI (CRUSTACEA: MALACOSTRACA: ISOPODA)

THE SUBTERRANEAN ASELLIDS OF MARYLAND: DESCRIPTION OF CAECIDOTEA NORDENI, NEW SPECIES, AND NEW RECORDS OF C. HOLSINGERI AND C. FRANZI (CRUSTACEA: MALACOSTRACA: ISOPODA)

Five species of subterranean asellid are known from Maryland: Caecidotea pricei, C. franzi, C. holsingeri, C. mausi and C. vandeli. Caecidotea nordeni, n. sp. is a subterranean species described from Washington Co., Maryland and assigned to the hobbsi Group. A new locality for C. franzi in Kentucky is presented. This species was previously known from two caves in Maryland and Pennsylvania. The newly discovered population represents a range extension of over 400 km. The male pleopod 2 morphology of specimens from a Maryland population of the subterranean asellid C. holsingeri is compared with populations from three caves in West Virginia. The range of C. holsingeri extends from eastern West Virginia and adjacent Virginia to Garrett Co., Maryland.

T. E. Bowman | J. J. Lewis

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