Chiltonorchestia pusilla ( Chevreux, 1915 )

Lowry, James K. & Fanini, Lucia, 2023, The Coastal Talitroid Amphipods of New Caledonia (Amphipoda: Talitroidea), Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 75 (4), pp. 471-484 : 474

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10413660
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scientific name	Chiltonorchestia pusilla ( Chevreux, 1915 )
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Chiltonorchestia pusilla ( Chevreux, 1915) View in CoL

Parorchestia pusilla Chevreux, 1915: 11 View in CoL , pl. 3.— Ruffo & Vesentini Paiotta, 1972: 253, figs 4, 8(2).

Chiltonorchestia pusilla View in CoL .— Bousfield, 1984: 203, tab. 5.— Ruffo & Krapp-Schickel, 2005: 36.— Iannilli & Ruffo, 2007: 23.— Lowry, 2007: 286.

Lectotype: Female, ovigerous (labelled as female B by Chevreux; ethanol and 1 slide of gnathopods plus last two segments of the urosome), MNHN-IU-2013-19685, Lac en Huit , New Caledonia, along margin, coll. F. Sarasin & J. Roux. Paralectotypes: 4 specimens (undissected, ethanol), MNHN-IU-2013-19686, Lac en Huit , New Caledonia, along margin, coll. F. Sarasin & J. Roux ; 1 female (dissected, ethanol), MNHN-IU-2013-19687, New Caledonia ; 1 male (labelled as male B by Chevreux; 1 slide, gnathopods), MNHN-IU-2013-19688, Lac en Huit , New Caledonia, along edge of lake .

Type locality. Lac en Huit, on gorse near the river (altitude 244 m), New Caledonia.

Ecological type. Riparian-hopper.

Habitat. Freshwater. Among gorse, near the shore ( Chevreux, 1915). Seems to be an aquatic form, having always been collected in shallow water ( Ruffo & Vesentini Paiotta, 1972).

Distribution. New Caledonia ( Chevreux, 1915).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Amphipoda
SuperFamily	Talitroidea
Family	Makawidae
Genus	Chiltonorchestia