The present study reports on the first troglophilic terrestrial isopod from Iran. Protracheoniscus faramarzi n. sp. was found in Shafagh Cave, southern Iran. The new species is described and its diagnostic characters are figured. This species is distinguished by the long and narrow antennae, the reduced body pigmentation and the number of ommatidia.
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Mohammadi Kashani, G. , Dashan, M. and Sadeghi, S. (2016). Description of Protracheoniscus faramarzi n. sp., the first troglophilic terrestrial isopod (Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 12(1), 51-56. doi: 10.22067/ijab.v12i1.48820
MLA
Mohammadi Kashani, G. , , Dashan, M. , and Sadeghi, S. . "Description of Protracheoniscus faramarzi n. sp., the first troglophilic terrestrial isopod (Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Iran", Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 12, 1, 2016, 51-56. doi: 10.22067/ijab.v12i1.48820
HARVARD
Mohammadi Kashani, G., Dashan, M., Sadeghi, S. (2016). 'Description of Protracheoniscus faramarzi n. sp., the first troglophilic terrestrial isopod (Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Iran', Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 12(1), pp. 51-56. doi: 10.22067/ijab.v12i1.48820
CHICAGO
G. Mohammadi Kashani , M. Dashan and S. Sadeghi, "Description of Protracheoniscus faramarzi n. sp., the first troglophilic terrestrial isopod (Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Iran," Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 12 1 (2016): 51-56, doi: 10.22067/ijab.v12i1.48820
VANCOUVER
Mohammadi Kashani, G., Dashan, M., Sadeghi, S. Description of Protracheoniscus faramarzi n. sp., the first troglophilic terrestrial isopod (Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2016; 12(1): 51-56. doi: 10.22067/ijab.v12i1.48820
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