Redescription of Diacyclops alticola Kiefer, 1935 (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from the Pamirs (Tajikistan)

Authors: ISKANDAR MIRABDULLAYEV, NAZIRA RUSTAMOVA

Abstract: Diacyclops alticola, a poorly known cyclopoid, is redescribed on specimens from a shallow pool near Lake Rang-Kul in the Pamirs (Tajikistan) at an altitude of 3700 m. Synonymy of D. alticola Kiefer, 1935 and D. longifurcus Shen et Sung, 1963 is proposed. A key to the species of the genus Diacyclops Kiefer, 1927 in Central Asia is presented.

Keywords: Cyclopoida, Diacyclops alticola, redescription, the Pamirs, Central Asia

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