Ligidium acutangulum, LI, 2015

Li, Wei-Chun, 2017, Morphology and molecules reveal high species diversity of Ligidium (Crustacea: Oniscidea: Ligiidae) in Jiangxi, China, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179 (3), pp. 627-641 : 639

LIGIDIUM ACUTANGULUM LI, 2015

Ligidium acutangulum Li, 2015: 19 . Type locality: China, Jiangxi Province, Wugongshan .

Holotype

Male: China, Jiangxi Province, Pixiang, Wugongshan (27 ° 27 0 N 114 ° 10 0 E), c. 1900 m a.s.l., 16.ix.2011, W. Li leg., DNA no. L14110 ( Fig. 1 ).

Paratypes

Six males and 30 females, same data as the holotype ; 15 females: China, Jiangxi Province, Pixiang, Wugongshan c. 1500 m a.s.l., 5.vii.2013, W. Li leg., DNA no. L14111 ( Fig. 1 ) .

Additional specimens

Seven males and 39 females: China, Jiangxi Province, Yichun, Tonggu (28 ° 32 0 N 114 ° 22 0 E), Xiangutan , c. 1100 m a.s.l., 12.iv.2012, W. Li leg., DNA nos L14098, L14100, L14102, L14103, and L14104 ( Fig. 1 ) .

Remarks

Ligidium acutangulum was described and figured in detail by Li (2015). This species is similar to L. polyacanthum sp. nov. and L. gracilentum sp. nov. The differences amongst them are stated under the descriptions of these two species above.

Figures

Figure 1. Maximum likelihood tree obtained from the phylogenetic analysis of concatenated 12S and 16S rRNA sequences; values given above the nodes of branches are bootstrap supports for each node. The scale bar represents the number of substitutions per site. The tree is unrooted. Abbreviation: L., Ligidium.