Lovenula falcifera (Loven, 1845)

Mnisi, Peral & Dippenaar, Susan M., 2020, Late postnaupliar development of the freshwater copepods Lovenula falicifera and Metadiaptomus colonialis (Calanoida: Diaptomidae) from South Africa, Zootaxa 4877 (3), pp. 468-504 : 469

Lovenula falcifera (Lovѐn, 1845)

( Figs. 1–10 )

Material examined: 10 ♀ CoV, 10 ♂ CoV, 8 ♀ CoIV, 1 ♂ CoIV and 8 CoIII collected from Turfloop Dam, Limpopo, South Africa (23°53’10.18’’S 29°46’23.76’’E) during January to December 2017 .

Voucher material: 2 ♀ CoV ( SAMC-A091468 ), 2 ♂ CoV ( SAMC-A091469 ), 2 ♀ CoIV ( SAMC-A091470 ), 2 ♂ CoIV ( SAMC-A091471 ) and 2 CoIII ( SAMC-A091472 ) deposited in the Cape Town Iziko Museum .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Lovenula falcifera (Lovén, 1845). Female CoV: A, habitus, dorsal view; B, urosome, dorsal view; C, fifth pedigerous somite right lobe; D, fifth pedigerous somite left lobe; E, antennule; F, antennule 25th segment. Scale bars: A, 100 µm; B, 100 µm; C, 50 µm; D, 50 µm; E, 100µm; F, 100 µm.

FIGURE 2. Lovenula falcifera (Lovén, 1845). Female CoV: A, antenna; B, antenna, endopod segments 2 and 3; C, mandible; D, maxillule; E, maxilla; F, maxilliped. Scale bars: A, 100 µm; B, 50 µm; C, 50 µm; D, 100 µm; E, 100 µm; F, 100 µm.

FIGURE 3. Lovenula falcifera (Lovén, 1845). Female CoV:A, leg 1; B, leg 3; C, leg 2; D, leg 4; E, leg 5; F, leg 5 exopod. Scale bars: A, 100 µm; B, 100 µm; C, 100 µm; D, 100 µm; E, 50 µm; F, 50 µm.

FIGURE 4. Lovenula falcifera (Lovén, 1845). Female CoIV: A, habitus, dorsal view; B, urosome, ventral; C, fifth pedigerous somite right lobe; D, antennule; E, antennule 25th segment. Scale bars: A, 100 µm; B, 50 µm; C, 50 µm; D, 100 µm; E, 50 µm.

FIGURE 5. Lovenula falcifera (Lovén, 1845). Female CoIV: A, leg 1; B, leg 2; C, leg 3; D, leg 4; E, leg 5. Scale bars: A, 50 µm; B, 50 µm; C, 50 µm; D, 50 µm; E, 50 µm.

FIGURE 6. Lovenula falcifera (Lovén, 1845). Male CoV: A, habitus, dorsal view; B, urosome, dorsal view; C, antennule; D, antennule 25th segment; E, leg 5 (right leg arrowed). Scale bars: A, 100 µm; B, 50 µm; C, 100 µm; D, 50 µm; E, 50 µm.

FIGURE 7. Lovenula falcifera (Lovén, 1845). Male CoIV: A, habitus, dorsal; B, antennule; C, antennule 17th to 20th segment; D, antennule 25th segment; E, leg 5 (right leg arrowed). Scale bars: A, 100 µm; B, 50 µm; C, 50 µm; D, 50 µm; E, 50 µm.

FIGURE 8. Lovenula falcifera (Lovén, 1845). CoIII: A, habitus, dorsal; B, urosome, dorsal; C, antennule; D, antennule 25th segment. Scale bars: A, 100 µm; B, 50 µm; C, 50 µm; D, 10 µm.

FIGURE 9. Lovenula falcifera (Lovén, 1845). CoIII: A, leg 3; B, leg 4; C, leg 5. Scale bars: A, 50 µm; B, 50 µm; C, 10 µm.

FIGURE 10. Metadiaptomus colonialis (van Douwe, 1914). Female CoV:A, habitus, dorsal view; B, urosome, dorsal view; C, genital somite; D, antennule; E, antennule 25th segment. Scale bars: A, 100 µm; B, 50 µm; C, 50 µm; D, 100 µm; E, 50µm.