Open Access<p class="HeadingRunIn"><strong>The genus <em>Kisaura</em> (Philopotamidae) in Shikoku, western Japan, with descriptions of three new species</strong></p>
Author(s) -
Naotoshi Kuhara
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
zoosymposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1178-9913
pISSN - 1178-9905
DOI - 10.11646/zoosymposia.14.1.25
Subject(s) - morse code , genus , biology , humanities , zoology , art , computer science , telecommunications
Kisaura collections from Shikoku, western Japan were examined and 8 species including 3 new species were recognized: K. ashizuriensis sp. nov., K. curvispina sp. nov. K. brevis sp. nov. K. kisoensis (Tsuda), K. minakawai Arefina, K. tsudai (Botoşǎneanu), K. nozakii (Kuhara) and K. dichotoma Kuhara & Arefina. Males of all 3 new species are described. Kisaura imparis Hur & Morse is synonymized under K. minakawai.