Description of Protracheoniscus faramarzi n. sp., the first troglophilic terrestrial isopod (Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Iran

نویسندگان
Mohammadi Kashani, Ghasem ID 1
Dashan, Meysam ID 2
Sadeghi, Saber ID 3

1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran

2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

3 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

doi
10.22067/ijab.v12i1.48820
چکیده

The present study reports on the first troglophilic terrestrial isopod from Iran. Protracheoniscus faramarzi n. sp. was found in Shafagh Cave, southern Iran. The new species is described and its diagnostic characters are figured. This species is distinguished by the long and narrow antennae, the reduced body pigmentation and the number of ommatidia. 

کلیدواژه‌ها
Oniscidea, cavernicolous, troglophile, new species, Iran