Yamatorchestia nudiramus ( Morino & Miyamoto, 2015 )

Lowry, J. K. & Myers, A. A., 2022, Platorchestiinae subfam. nov. (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Talitridae) with the description of three new genera and four new species, Zootaxa 5100 (1), pp. 1-53 : 46-47

Yamatorchestia nudiramus ( Morino & Miyamoto, 2015)

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“ Parorchestia ” sp. 2 Miyamoto, 1982: 94

“ Parorchestia ” sp. 3 Morino, 1999, 640, Fig. 1 , 644.

Nipponorchestia nudiramus Morino & Miyamoto, 2015: 9 , figs 6, 7.— Tomikawa, 2017: 254, table 1.

Yamatorchestia nudiramus Takahashi & Morino, 2021: 12 .

Types. Holotype, male, 7.4 mm, NSMT-Cr 23754. Paratypes: female, 7.7 mm, NSMT-Cr 23755; 7 males, 5 females, 39 juveniles, NSMT-Cr 23756; 1 female, 9.2 mm, NSMT-Cr 23762.

Type locality. Ashu , Research Forest, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan .

Ecological type. Forest-hopper.

Habitat. Living in Aesculus turbinata forest, in Cryptomeria forests at 420 m altitude and in Acer , Fagus crenata and Quercus crispula forests.

Size. Male, 7.4–8.2 mm, female, 7.7–9.2 mm.

Diagnosis (male).

With the characters of the genus.

Distribution. Japan. Central Honshu ( Morino & Miyamoto 2015).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Cariborchestia xerophila Smith, 1998, after Smith, 1998.

FIGURE 25. Yamatorchestia nudiramus (Morino & Miyamoto, 2015), after Morino & Miyamoto, 2015.