Niphargus koukourasi Ntakis, Anastasiadou, Zakšek & Fišer, 2015

Ntakis, Alexandros, Karaouzas, Ioannis, Fišer, Cene & Stoch, Fabio, 2020, An annotated checklist of the Niphargidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of Greece, Zootaxa 4772 (3), pp. 517-544 : 530

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.3.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F1A70B05-FE1B-4DB2-A7DE-C19F4C07EE66
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856726
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scientific name	Niphargus koukourasi Ntakis, Anastasiadou, Zakšek & Fišer, 2015
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Niphargus koukourasi Ntakis, Anastasiadou, Zakšek & Fišer, 2015 View in CoL

Published records: Ntakis A., Anastasiadou C., Zakšek V. & Fišer C. (2015).

Distribution: Endemic to Greece: Epirus (IO).

Type material: Holotype: male 14.5 mm (voucher NC008), Springs of Louros River , Vouliasta, Ioannina, Hellas, 25.04.2004, (leg. C. Fišer & R. Verovnik), in sampled excavations along the coast of the springlake, Ntakis et al. (2015) . Paratypes: male 14.5 mm (voucher NC009); females of 14.3 mm (voucher NC010) and 13.6 mm (voucher NC011) respectively, data same as for holotype:, Ntakis et al. (2015). Holotype and paratype are deposited in DBUL .

Remarks: A species that is related morphologically and phylogenetically to N. sanctinaumi from Lake Ohrid, N. Macedonia ( Ntakis et al. 2015). It is known only from its type locality, together with another endemic species, N. lourensis ( Fišer et al. 2006) .

Etymology: The species is named in honour of the zoologist, retired Professor of Zoology Athanasios Koukouras of the University of Thessaloniki.