Author/Editor		Verovnik, Rudi; Prevorčnik, Simona; Jugovic, Jure
Title		Description of a neotype for Asellus aquaticus Linné, 1758 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae), with description of a new subterranean Asellus species from Europe
Type		članek
Source		Zoolog Anzeiger
Vol. and No.		Letnik 248, št. 2
Publication year		2009
Volume		str. 101-18
Language		eng
Abstract		Asellus aquaticus is one of the most common and well-studied freshwater macroinvertebrates in Europe, but its current taxonomic description is inadequate. Therefore, a neotype is designated and described to allow a comparison with a newly described and illustrated species, Asellus kosswigi sp. n. While several troglomorphic Asellus species are known from Japan, this is the first subterranean species of the genus in Europe. It is morphologically, as well as genetically, distinct from all other, local, surface and subterranean populations. Its species status is confirmed by its syntopic occurrence with Asellus aquaticus without any sign of gene flow.
Descriptors		CRUSTACEA FRESH WATER ECOSYSTEM PHYLOGENY