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Three new species of Tegano are described, two from caves on Panglao Island, Bohol, Philippines, and one from a cave on Peleliu Island, Palau. Sriha vagabunda from Sri Lanka is reassigned to the genus Tegano based primarily on the high degree of similarity between Sriha vagabunda and species of Tegano and the fact that these species exhibit a great deal of variation in the reduction of the mandibular palp. A new species of Melita with characters intermediate between those defining the genera Abludomelita, Melita, and Paraniphargus is described from a spring on Guam. The characters of the new species and studies by previous authors suggest that Abludomelita may not be as distinct from Melita as previously believed. The troglomorphic genus Paraniphargus from the Andaman Islands and Java is re- evaluated and synonymized with Melita. The genus Tegano was defined by Barnard and Karaman (1982) on the basis of a single species, Melita seticornis ,i n which the third segment of the mandibular palp is reduced. Other melitid-like genera have been described with variable reduction of the mandibular palp, including Sriha, Fiha, Psammoniphargus, and Phreatomelita (Stock 1988). A careful study of these genera and the description of three new species of Tegano, two of which are from different caves on a single small island in the Philippines, have revealed characters that unite species of Tegano and Sriha. The description of the new species of Tegano also demonstrates a high degree of variation in the reduction of the mandibular palp, both interspecifically and intraspecifi- cally. The merger of the monotypic genus Sriha with Tegano and the description of three new species bring to five the number of species in the genus Tegano. A new stygobitic species of Melita is described from a freshwater spring on Guam. This species has characters that appear to be intermediate between the genera Abludomelita, Melita, and Paraniphargus. Although Melita is predominately epigean, the description of this species brings the number of species in the genus recorded from subterranean waters to approximately seven. The genus Paraniphargus from the Andaman Isles and Java is synonymized with Melita, and the taxonomic status of Abludomelita and Melita is discussed. The taxonomic work in this paper is that of Sawicki and Holsinger; the remainder of the paper is the work of all three authors. SYSTEMATICS

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New Species of Amphipod Crustaceans in the Genera Tegano and Melita (Hadzioidea: Melitidae) from Subterranean Groundwaters in Guam, Palau, and the Philippines