Monchenkocyclops mirabdullayevi, 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 : 170

Monchenkocyclops mirabdullayevi sp. nov.

Synonymy. Acanthocyclops biarticulatus Monchenko - Mirabdullayev and Kuzmetov, 1997: p. 11, figs. 1-17. [non] Acanthocyclops biarticulatus sp. n. - Monchenko, 1972: p. 83, figs. 1, 2.

Type locality. Kazakhstan, South Kazakhstan Province, Turkestan town , approximately 43̊19′N 68̊12′E, 210 m a.s.l., well .

Type material. Holotype female and allotype male are deposited at Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit / Naturalis in Leiden ( ZMA Co. 203795), formely held at the Zoological Museum in Amsterdam (see Mirabdullayev and Kusmetov, 1997) . Paratypes are several males and females together in 4% formaldehyde, deposited at the Institute of Zoology , Uzbek Academy of Sciences , Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Crust/Kz-42). All types were collected at the type locality, 10 June 1995, leg. I.M. Mirabdullayev and A.R. Kuzmetov.

Etymology. The new species is named in honour of Dr. Iskandar M. Mirabdullayev (Institute of Zoology, Academy of Sciences, Uzbekistan), who collected and describ- ed specimens of this species. The name is a noun in the genitive singular.

Description. Female and male as described in Mirabdullayev and Kuzmetov (1997), and illustrated in their figures 1-17 as Acanthocyclops biarticulatus Monchenko, 1972 .