Monchenkocyclops, Karanovic & Yoo & Lee, 2012

Karanovic, Tomislav, Yoo, Hyunsu & Lee, Wonchoel, 2012, A new cyclopoid copepod from Korean subterranean waters reveals an interesting connection with the Central Asian fauna (Crustacea: Copepoda: Cyclopoida), Journal of Species Research 1 (2), pp. 156-174 : 172

Key to species of the genus Monchenkocyclops

1. Female antennula 11-segmented ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙2

- Female antennula 12-segmented ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ M. biwensis ( Ishida, 2005) comb. nov.

2. Subapical spine on fifth leg shorter than segment’s width; innermost terminal caudal seta as long as or shorter than outermost terminal one ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙3

- Subapical spine on fifth leg longer than segment’s width; innermost terminal caudal seta longer than outermost terminal one ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ M. mirabdullayevi sp. nov.

3. Basal inner spine on first leg longer than first endopodal segment; innermost terminal caudal seta as long as outermost terminal one; inner setae on second endopodal segment of fourth leg only slightly reaching beyond tips of apical spines ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ M. biarticulatus ( Monchenko, 1972) comb. nov.

- Basal inner spine on first leg shorter than first endopodal segment; innermost terminal caudal seta shorter than outermost terminal one; inner setae on second endopodal segment of fourth leg reaching significantly beyond tips of apical spines ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ M. changi sp. nov.