Talitridae, Rafinesque, 1815

MYERS, ALAN A., BALL, OLIVIER J. - P. & SHEPHERD, LARA D., 2025, A new landhopper, Manawataawhiorchestia uruone gen. nov., sp. nov. (Amphipoda: Talitroidea: Talitridae) from Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands, New Zealand, Zootaxa 5637 (2), pp. 363-373 : 371-372

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5637.2.9

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6A2E740E-077C-4C02-8888-59B52A4C34AD

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15595537

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7C4187E7-FFF4-D12B-9EBB-6CD4FA3613F7

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Plazi

scientific name

Talitridae
status

 

Key to the genera of New Zealand Talitridae View in CoL (males only)

1. Gnathopod 1 with palmate lobe on propodus only............................................................ 2

- Gnathopod 1 with palmate lobe on both carpus and propodus.................................................. 3

- Gnathopod 1 with palmate lobe on merus, carpus and propodus......................... Transorchestia Bousfield, 1982

2. Antenna 2 peduncular articles 4 and 5 incrassate................................. Bellorchestia Serejo & Lowry, 2008

- Antenna 2 peduncular articles 4 and 5 small, not enlarged.......................... Manawataawhiorchestia gen. nov.

3. Pereopod 6 merus irregularly enlarged.......................................... Tatahipeke Hughes & Lowry, 2023

- Pereopod 6 merus not enlarged.......................................................................... 4

4. Pereopod 7 carpus massively expanded..................................... Aotearorchestia Hughes & Lowry, 2023

- Pereopod 7 carpus not massively expanded................................................................. 5

5. Gnathopod 2 dactylus posterior margin with posteroproximal projection interlocking with palm........................................................................................ Pictonorchestia Lowry & Springthorpe, 2021

- Gnathopod 2 dactylus posterior margin without projection interlocking with palm.................................. 6

6. Gnathopod 2 enlarged, propodus with palmate lobe on posterodistal corner (semi-mascupod)................................................................................................... Dallwitzia Lowry & Myers, 2019

- Gnathopod 2 massive, propodus lacking palmate lobe (mascupod)...........* Subantarctorchestia Hughes & Lowry, 2023

* Subantarctorchestia Hughes & Lowry, 2023 may be a synonym of Dallwitzia Lowry & Myers, 2019 (see Ball et al. 2024).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

SubOrder

Senticaudata

InfraOrder

Talitrida

SuperFamily

Talitroidea

Family

Talitridae

Genus

Manawataawhiorchestia

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