Potamocypris hummelincki Klie 1933

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 : 493-494

Potamocypris hummelincki Klie 1933

Potamocypris hummelincki — Broodbakker 1984a: 30, 32, table I; P. hummelincki — Broodbakker 1984b: 17.

Type locality: pond, Onima, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles (12º15’ N, 68º19’ W). Syntypes — ZMK, UR –1172.

In Venezuela: at the following localities according to Broodbakker (1984a, b): NUEVA ESPARTA State —WH 1936/13, excavated and stagnant well, Lato Pond, 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) . FALCÓN State — Paraguana Peninsula , no locality details (GN 11°55’00” N, 70°00’00” W) . SUCRE State — Chacopata, Araya Peninsula , no locality details (GN 10°40’38” N, 63°49’09” W) . LA BLANQUILLA Island —no locality details (GN 11°50’57” N, 64°36’06” W) .

Remarks: geographical distribution includes Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Grenada, Barbados, Martinique, Antigua and Barbuda, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Eustatius, St. Martin, and Venezuela ( Broodbakker 1984a). The species is documented as a companion fauna of Diaphanocypris meridana ( Broodbakker 1984b) . From the information in Hummelinck (1940), it is assumed that specimen WH 1936/30 was collected at Iguana Island, Los Testigos Archipelago ( Venezuela).