FAMILY AMEIRIDAE

 

KGG 300 – characters

 

1.         A.1.

e – 1st segment elongate, at least three times as long as broad.

s – 1st segment short, not more than twice as long as broad.

 

2.         P.2-P.4 Exp.1.

n:n:n – number of setae on the inner border of P.2, P.3 and P.4 respectively.

 

3.         P.2-P.4 Exp.2.

n:n:n – number of setae on the inner border of P.2, P.3 and P.4 respectively.

 

4.         P.2-P.4 Enp.3.

n:n:n – number of setae on P.2, P.3 and P.4 respectively.

 

5.         A.2 Exp.

n – number of segments.

 

 

KGG 300 e)

 

A.1.

1st

seg.

P.2-P.4

Exp.1

inner

setae

P.2-P.4

Exp.2

inner

setae

P.2-P.4

Enp.3

setae

A.2

Exp.

segs.

 

e

1:1:1

1:1:1

5:6:5

2

Stenocopia a)

e

0:0:0

1:1:1

5:5:5

1

Stenocopia setosa

s

1:1:1

1:1:1

5:6:5

1

KGG 310

s

1:1:1

1:1:1

5:6:5

2

KGG 320

s

1:1:1

1:1:1

5:5:5

1

Sarsameira pendula

Sarsameira knorri Reidenauer & Thistle, 1983

Abyssameira reducta Itτ, 1983

s

1:1:1

1:1:1

4:5:5

2

KGG 350

s

1:1:1

1:1:1

4:4:5

2

Sarsameira minor

s

1:1:1

1:1:1

4:4:4

2

Sarsameira elegantula Kunz, 1975

s

1:1:0

1:1:1

5:6:5

1

Parameiropsis rapiens Becker, 1974

s

0:1:1

0:1:1

4:4:4

2

Nitocra baltica Arlt, 1983

s

0:0:0

1:1:1

5:6:5

2

Ameiropsis angulifera

s

0:0:0

1:1:1

5:5:5

1

Ameiropsis abbreviata

s

0:0:0

1:1:1

5:4:5

1

Nitocra mediterranea pontica Apostolov, 1980

s

0:0:0

1:1:1

4:5:5

1

KGG 330

s

0:0:0

1:1:1

4:4:5

1

Nitocra mediterranea

Nitocra reunionensis

s

0:0:0

1:1:1

4:4:4

1

KGG 340

s

0:0:0

1:1:1

3:5:5

1

Nitocra b)

s

0:0:0

1:1:1

3:4:4

2

Pseudoameiropsis argentinus Pallares, 1982b

s

0:0:0

1:1:1

3:3-4:4-5

1

Nitocra lacustris azorica Kunz, 1983

s

0:0:0

1:1:1

3:3:3

1

Nitocra reducta fluviatilis

s

0:0:0

1:1:1

2:3:3

1

Nitocra c)

s

0:0:0

0:1:1

4:5:5

1

Nitocra d)

s

0:0:0

0:0:0

3:3:3

2

Psyllocamptus (Langpsyllocamptus) quinquespinosus Coull, 1970

s

0:0:0

0:0:0

3:3:3

1-2

Psyllocamptus (Langpsyllocamptus) longisetosus Kunz, 1975

 

 

a)         Stenocopia longicaudata, spinosa, limicola, longiseta.

 

b)         Nitocra lacustris lacustris, lacustris sinoi, lacustris pacificus, cari, fallaciosa, arctolongus Shen & Tai, 1973.

 

c)         Nitocra hibernica, incerta, divaricata, stygia Apostolov, 1976, hibernica bulgarica Apostolov, 1976.

 

d)         Nitocra platypus s.str., platypus pietschmanni, uenoi, minor.

 

e)         These species are inadequately described:

Stenocopia antarctica, Sarsameira tenuipes, Nitocra dubia, Nitocra pusilla.