Athelginae, Codreanu & Codreanu, 1956

Williams, Jason D. & Boyko, Christopher B., 2015, Abdominal bopyrid parasites (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae: Athelginae) of diogenid hermit crabs from the western Pacific, with descriptions of a new genus and four new species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64, pp. 33-69 : 34-37

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10108824

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CBF84197-175F-4838-B39E-E8F6DF048981

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DE5487B5-840B-FF8A-FC72-FA3BFC93FAE6

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Valdenar

scientific name

Athelginae
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Key to the genera of Athelginae View in CoL

(Based on females; modified from Boyko & Williams, 2003)

1. Lateral plates present ..............................................................2

– Lateral plates lacking.............................................................. 7

2. Lateral plates on pleomeres I–V............................................. 3

– Lateral plates on pleomeres I–III only..................................... ............................................ Stegias Richardson, 1904 View in CoL (3 spp.)

3. Lateral plates on pleomere V similar to other lateral plates on other pleomeres....................................................................... 4

– Lateral plates on pleomere V reduced, globular or scarlike.... ....................................... Pseudostegias Shiino, 1933 View in CoL (8 spp.)

4. Pereopods V and VI separated by wide distance (broad pereomeres) .............................................................................5

– Pereopods V and VI not separated by wide distance (narrow pereomeres) .............................................................................6

5. Pleopods uniramous .................................................................. ................... Minimathelges Boyko & Williams, 2003 View in CoL (2 spp.)

– Pleopods biramous ............ Anathelges Bonnier, 1900 View in CoL (4 spp.)

6. Five pleomeres ........................ Claustrathelges View in CoL n. gen. (1 sp.)

– Six pleomeres............................................................................ .................. Falsanathelges Boyko & Williams, 2003 View in CoL (2 spp.)

7. Uniramous uropods articulated with terminal pleomere.......... ....................................... Parathelges Bonnier, 1900 View in CoL (11 spp.)

– Uropods lacking or reduced non-segmented lobes ................8

8. Pleopods on pleomere V present.............................................. ......................... Allathelges Kazmi & Markham, 1999 View in CoL (2 sp.)

– Pleopods on pleomere V lacking.............................................. ...................................... Athelges Gerstaecker, 1862 View in CoL (13 spp.)

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Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Isopoda

Family

Bopyridae

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