Philodinavus Harring, 1913

Song, Min Ok & Lee, Chang-Ho, 2022, Descriptions of Philodinavus koreanus n. sp. and two new species of Philodina (Rotifera, Bdelloidea) from Korea, Zootaxa 5129 (3), pp. 399-411 : 402

Genus Philodinavus Harring, 1913

In the genus Philodinavus , only two species, P. paradoxus and P. aussiensis have been known to the world before the present study. Philodinavus paradoxus has been newly reported from Korea by Song & Kim (2000), which was the first Asian record as well.

Key to species of genus Philodinavus

1a. With eyespots; spurs without an interspace; ramus with a median projection. P. aussiensis Ricci, Shiel, Fontaneto & Melone

1b. Without eyespots; spurs with an interspace; ramus without a median projection.................................... 2

2a. Ciliated buccal field single and with a pair of processes laterally; spurs thick or thin with a narrow or wide interspace........................................................................................ P. paradoxus (Murray)

2b. Two ciliated buccal fields separated by a septum and with a pair of thick and long processes as well as three pairs of small processes laterally; spurs thick and with a wide interspace....................................... P. koreanus n. sp.