WoRMS taxon details
original description
Marin, I.; Palatov, D. (2021). Cryptic refugee on the northern slope of the Greater Caucasian Ridge: discovery of Niphargus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Niphargidae) in the North Ossetia–Alania, North Caucasus, separated from its relatives in the late Miocene. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2021.03.002 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MSU ZMMU Mb-1163, geounit Russia [details]
From editor or global species database
Ecology Subterranean species, found in abandoned mine. [details]
Etymology The new species is named after the locality, the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russian Federation, where it was found. This is the first record of the genus Niphargus from the republic and surrounding area. [details]
Holotype female, 10 mm (ZMMU Mb-1163) [details]
Paratype 16 females (ZMMU Mb-1164) [details]
Type locality Russian Federation, Ciscaucasus, the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Irafsky District, Sardidon River valley, Fansal village, 42º56.098'N 43º49.034'E, 1437 meters above the sea level, puddles at bottom of abandoned mine near the village. [details]
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