SUAREZMORALES, E. Y M. ELIASGUTIERREZ,
2000
Revistas arbitradas
TWO NEW MASTIGODIAPTOMUS (COPEPODA DIAPTOMIDAE) FROM SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO WITH A KEY FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE KNOWN SPECIES OFTHE GENUS
35(5)
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CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA
BIOLOGIA ANIMAL Y ZOOLOGIA
ZOOLOGIA MARINA
TWO NEW SPECIES OF THE FRESHWATER PLANKTONIC COPEPOD GENUS Mastigodiaptomus-M. maya AND M. reidae- ARE DESCRIBED FROM MATERIAL COLLECTED IN SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO. THIS NEOTROPICAL GENUS IS KNOWN TO BE DISTRIBUTED MAINLY IN SOUTHERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA, AND NOW EMBRACES EIGHT SPECIES.OF THESE, SIX OCCUR IN MEXICO. BOTH NEW SPECIES SEEM TO BE CLOSELY RELATED TO M. texensis AND M. albuquerquensis. IT IS PROBABLE THAT THIS GROUP OF MEXICAN SPECIES REPRESENTS A NORTHWARDS RADIATION FROM THE PROTO-ANTILLES-CENTRAL AMERICA REGION INTO THE CONTINENT, EVENTUALLY REACHING NORTH AMERICA. A KEY FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE KNOWN SPECIES OF THE GENUS IS PROVIDED.
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