Les Cyclopides de la zone noyée d'un karst. IV. Graeteriella (Paragraeteriella) gelyensis sp. nov.

Lescher-Moutoué F. 1978 ¹
Bull. Soc. Hist. nat. Toulouse, 114 (1-2): 189-193

Description of a troglobiont Cyclopidae in the South of France. Graeteriella (Paragraeteriella) gelyensis sp. nov. is presented in the saturated part of a karst which is located in the lacustral limestones of Saint-Gély-du-Fesc closely Montpellier (Hérault). The samples have been obtained by filtration of the water rejected by an immerged pump situated at a depth of 60 meters. This species can be easily distinguishes from other four species of the subgenus by a precise caracterium: the number nof the bristles of the second joint of the endopodites of the fourth pair of legs is two.

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