Sphaeromopsis sarii Khalaji-Pirbalouty & Waegele , 2009

Al-Kandari, Manal Abdulrahman, Khalaji-Pirbalouty, Valiallah, Abdulkhaliq, Hadeel & Chen, Weizhong, 2022, Diversity and distribution of the Isopoda (Crustacea, Peracarida) of Kuwait, with an updated checklist, ZooKeys 1080, pp. 107-133 : 107

Sphaeromopsis sarii Khalaji-Pirbalouty & Waegele, 2009

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Sphaeromopsis sarii Khalaji-Pirbalouty & Wägele, 2009: 34-42, figs 1-5, Kish Island, Iran (type locality).

Material examined.

1 ♀; St. 4; 29°34.849'N, 48°10.248'E l; 25 Nov. 2014; 3 ♀♀ l; St. 12; 29°23.481'N, 47°59.800'E; 8 Dec. 2013; 100 ♂♂ and ♀♀; St. 15; 29°16.496'N, 48°05.407'E; 2 ♂♂, 15 ♀♀; St. 18; 29°06.041'N, 48°08.323'E; 1 Feb. 2014; 1 ♂, 10 ♀♀; St. 21; 29°00.071'N, 48°09.853'E; 16 Feb. 2014; 2 ♂♂, 12 ♀♀, 2 Juveniles; St. 24; 28°44.502'N, 48°22.950'E; 8 Jan. 2015; 3 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀; St. 25; 28°38.813'N, 48°23.429'E; 3 Mar. 2014; 1 ♀; St. 26; 28°34.794'N, 48°24.078'E; 4 Mar. 2014; 22 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀, 2 juveniles; St. 27; 28°40.778'N, 48°39.207'E; 11 Nov. 2014; 28 ♂♂, 31 ♀; St. 28; 28°40.939'N, 48°39.196'E; 11 Nov, 2014; 35 ♂♂ and ♀♀; St. 29; 28°40.960'N, 48°39.173'E; 11 Nov. 2014;> 100 ♂♂ and ♀♀; St. 30; 28°49.105'N, 48°46.553'E; 10 Nov. 2014; 3 ♂♂, 43 ♀♀; St. 31; 28°49.022'N, 48°46.607'E; 10 Nov. 2014;> 100 ♂♂ and ♀♀; St. 32; 29°04.278'N, 48°29.655'E; 9 Nov. 2014; 9 ♂♂, 12 ♀♀, 3 juveniles; St. 33; 29°04.377'N, 48°29.472'E; 9 Nov. 2014 13 ♂♂, 14 ♀♀; St. 34; 29°22.726'N, 48°26.269'E; 10 Feb. 2016;> 100 ♂♂ and ♀♀, St. 36; 29°23.629'N, 48°23.958'E; 10 Feb. 2016;> 100 ♂♂ and ♀♀; St. 37; 29°25.625'N, 48°20.307'E; 23 Dec. 2014.

Distribution.

Kish, Qeshm, Hengam Islands, Iran ( Khalaji-Pirbalouty and Wägele 2009; Khalaji- Pirbalouty et al. 2015), new record for Kuwait.

Figures

Figure 4. A Heterodina mccaini Schotte & Kensley, 2005 from Al-Nuwaiseeb B Sphaeroma walker Stebbing, 1905 from Al-Zhor C S. khalijfarsi Khalaji-Pirbalouty & Waegele, 2010 from Boubyan Island D Sphaeromopsis sarii Khalaji-Pirbalouty & Waegele, 2009 from Kubbar Island E Arcturinoides angulata Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2007 ♂, from Al-Doha F A. angulata ♀ from Al-Doha G Astacilla mccaini Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2007 ♂, from Failaka Island H A. mccaini ♀, from Failaka Island.