Heterocypris margaritae Margalef 1961

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Heterocypris margaritae Margalef 1961

Heterocypris margaritae — Margalef 1961: 104–106, fig. 13D–H, 14; H. margaritae — Broodbakker 1982: 210–217, table I– II, fig. 1–5, 10B–C; H. margaritae — Broodbakker 1983b: 116–119, table I; H. margaritae — Broodbakker 1984b: 17; H. margaritae — Martens & Behen 1994: 34, H. margaritae — Karanovic 2012: 445.

Synonym: Heterocypris similis Klie 1933 , 1939.

Type locality: a pond along the southern margin of the road from Punta de Piedras to Porlamar, closer to the first town (Punta de Piedras), Margarita Island, NUEVA ESPARTA State, Venezuela, (GN 10º54’04” N, 64º05’49” W) . Type (1♁)— IIP, catalog number not known .

In Venezuela: it corresponds to the type locality. Other localities according to Broodbakker (1982, 1983b, 1984a, b): LA TORTUGA Island —“Islote Los Tortuguillos” (emend., not “Tortuguillo”), without locality details (GN 10°57’00” N, 65°26’00” W). SUCRE State—WH 1936/?, Chacopata, Araya Peninsula (GN 10°40’37” N, 63°49’05” 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). NUEVA ESPARTA State—WH 1936/18, permanent lagoon, Laguna Honda, southeast of Juan Griego, Margarita Island (GN 11º04’54” N, 63º57’56” W); S 1978/332, covered well, permanent, Caracari, Macanao Peninsula, Margarita Island (11º02’30” N, 64º14’00” W); S 1978/335, open well, permanent, east side of Route 1, Salamanca, Margarita Island (11º03’10” N, 63º51’17” W). FALCÓN State—S 1978/326, covered well 17 km north of Santa Cruz de Los Taques, Paraguana Peninsula (11º56’30” N, 70º12’40” W). LA BLANQUILLA Island—S 1982/?, no location details (GN 11°50’57” N, 64°36’06” W).

Remarks: geographical distribution includes the Caribbean Islands, such as Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba, Grenada, Barbados, St. Martin, and Venezuela ( Broodbakker 1982, 1984a, Martens & Behen 1994). Broodbakker (1982) redescribed this species from the Syntype — ZMA, Ost. 150.723 and Topotype — ZMA, Ost. 150.721, that was collected on Klein Bonaire, which he proposes as the type locality for the species. Broodbakker (1984b) indicates that the species is a companion fauna of Diaphanocypris meridana . From the information in Hummelinck (1940), it is assumed that the sample WH 1936/30 was collected on Iguana Island, Los Testigos Archipelago ( Venezuela).