Victometopa, Krapp-Schickel, Traudl, 2011

Krapp-Schickel, Traudl, 2011, On the Austral-Antarctic stenothoids Proboloides, Metopoides, Torometopa and Scaphodactylus (Crustacea Amphipoda) Part 2: the genus Proboloides, with description of two new genera and the transfer of two nominal species to Metopoides, ZooKeys 86, pp. 11-45 : 27

Victometopa gen. n.

Type species.

Victometopa rorida sp. n.

Probably also included:

Victometopa armata (Ledoyer, 1986), comb. n.

Diagnostic characters.

Md palp with 1 art, Mxp OP reduced. P5 basis rectolinear, with posterodistal lobe. P6, 7 basis widening.

Etymology.

The stem -metopa combined with the first letters of “Victoria”, for expressing admiration for the rich collection at the Victoria Museum Melbourne (Australia).