Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China National Museums of Kenya, Museum Hill, P.O. Box 40658-00100, Nairobi, Kenya University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Zootaxa. 2021 Feb 15;4927(3):zootaxa.4927.3.2. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.3.2.
Two species of the family Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815 are described from English Point Beach, Mkomani, Mombasa, Kenya. One new species Floresorchestia mkomani Bichang'a Hou, sp. nov. is reported and Gazia gazi Lowry Springthorpe, 2019 is redescribed. The new species is characterized by the five dentate lacinia mobilis on the left mandible in male and only four in female, pereopod IV dactylus thickened proximally and having a small protrusion towards the mid of its posterior margin, a sexually dimorphic pereopod VII, and the presence of vertical slits just above the ventral margin of epimera II and III. Detailed morphological characteristics, as well as comparisons with closely related species are provided. To ascertain the species delimitation, molecular evidence is availed in this paper. Type material is deposited in National Museums of Kenya (NMK).
本文描述了来自肯尼亚蒙巴萨 Mkomani 的 English Point Beach 的 Talitridae 科的两个物种。一种新种 Floresorchestia mkomani Bichang'a Hou，sp. nov. 被报道，并且对 Gazia gazi Lowry Springthorpe，2019 进行了重新描述。新种的特征在于雄性左颚的五个具齿的活动颚片，而雌性只有四个，第四对步足的指节近端加粗，并且在后缘中部有一个小突起，具有性二态性的第七对步足，以及在第二和第三腹板的腹缘上方有垂直裂缝。提供了详细的形态特征以及与密切相关物种的比较。为了确定物种界限，本文提供了分子证据。模式标本存放在肯尼亚国家博物馆（NMK）。
