On the taxonomy of the genus Megadiaptomus Kiefer, including the description of a new species (Copepoda, Calanoida) from India

Abstract

The taxonomy of the genus Megadiaptomus Kiefer is briefly reviewed, including the description of a new species under the name Megadiaptomuspseudohebes n. sp. and also the supplementary description of M. hebes Kiefer. Further, the generic relationships are pointed out, the generic definition is revised, and a key to the identification of both sexes of the two species is given.

The freshwater diaptomid copepod fauna (Crustacea: Copepoda: Diaptomidae) of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra with notes on distribution, species richness and ecology

“…Specimens were sorted with a stereo microscope and identified following standard procedures and literature (Ranga Reddy, 1988Dussart, 1989;Rayner, 1999;Dussart and Defaye, 2001). …”