Diaphanocypris meridana ( Furtos 1936b ) Würdig & Pinto 1990

Scott-Frías, Joxmer, González, Ernesto, Pardo, María José, Torres, Rubén, Higuti, Janet, Cohuo, Sergio & López, Carlos, 2023, An updated checklist of recent non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) from Venezuela, Zootaxa 5369 (4), pp. 485-512 : 489-490

Diaphanocypris meridana ( Furtos 1936b) Würdig & Pinto 1990

Tanycypris meridana — Broodbakker 1984a: 30, table 1; T. meridana — Broodbakker 1984b: 16–22, table 1, fig. 1, 2.

Synonyms: Herpetocypris meridana Furtos 1936b ; Dolerocypris sagitta Klie 1939 ; Herpetocypris muhitis (?) Tressler 1950; Herpetocypris bonettoi Ferguson 1967 .

Type locality: Halal Aguada , near Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico (20º58’ N, 89º37’ W). Holotype (1♀)—USNM, 67974.

In Venezuela: at the following localities according to Broodbakker (1984a, b): NUEVA ESPARTA State —WH 1936/13, excavated and stagnant well, Estanque Lato, west of Boca de Rio , Macanao Peninsula , Margarita Island (GN 10º58’03” N, 64º10’50” W). LOS TESTIGOS Archipelago—WH 1936/30 (emend., see remarks), pond, Poza del Morro de la Iguana , Iguana Island (GN 11º21’32” N, 63º08’03” W) .

Remarks: geographical distribution includes Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe (La Désirade, Îles des Saintes, Maria Galante), Monserrat, Venezuela ( Broodbakker 1984a, b), Brazil, Ecuador ( Martens & Behen 1994), Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula), Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador ( Cohuo et al. 2016), Argentina ( Sabater et al. 2023). An amendment is made to the locality given for Venezuela in Hummelinck (1940); from which it is assumed that the WH 1936/30 sample was collected on Iguana Island, Los Testigos Archipelago ( Venezuela). Broodbakker (1984b) indicates that this species (≡ Tanycypris meridana ) is an accompanying fauna of Heterocypris margaritae , Keysercypria affinis , Potamocypris hummelincki , and Rudjakoviella prolongata .