Parategastes Sars, 1904

Saetang, Thanida & Maiphae, Supiyanit, 2015, A new species of Parategastes Sars, 1904 from the Thale Noi Lake, southern Thailand (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Tegastidae), Zoosystematics and Evolution 91 (2), pp. 167-176 : 167

Taxon classification Animalia Harpacticoida Tegastidae

Genus Parategastes Sars, 1904

Parategastes sphaericus (Claus, 1863)

Parategastes chalmersi (Thompson & Scott, 1903)

Parategastes caprinus Wellershaus, 1970

Parategastes coetzeei Kunz, 1980

Parategastes conexus Humes, 1984

Parategastes herteli Jakobi, 1953

Parategastes pholpunthini sp. n.

Parategastes haphe Leigh-Sharpe, 1936 (incertae sedis)

Type species.

Parategastes sphaericus (Claus, 1863).

Generic diagnosis.

Parategastes Sars, 1904. antennules with 6-7 segments in female and 8 segments in males; exopod of antenna with one segment and with two or three setae; anterior maxilliped with the 2 proximal lateral lobes replaced by simple setae, outermost lobe less broad and provided with only two setae at the tip, terminal joint produced at the tip to a long digitiform process. P2 and P3 with 2-segmented endopod and 3-segmented exopod; and P4 with 3-segmented endopod and exopod, whilst enp-1 was not swollen. P5 in female, baseoendopod very large, with inner expansion to broad and vaulted, exopod somewhat dilated towards the end, with a single short apical seta.