Abstract

The freshwater genus Hyalella Smith, 1874 has a distribution restricted to the Western Hemisphere with most species being found in South America. In this report we describe a new species of Hyalella from the Atlantic Forest of the Misiones province, Argentina.

Highlights

  • The genus Hyalella includes approximately 70 valid species distributed in only the Americas (Baldinger 2004, WoRMS 2014)

  • The aim of this work was to describe a new species of freshwater amphipod of the genus Hyalella from the Atlantic Forest in Misiones, Argentina

  • The Yabotí Biosphere Reserve is located in the eastern central region of the Misiones province (Fig. 1)

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Summary

Introduction

The genus Hyalella includes approximately 70 valid species distributed in only the Americas (Baldinger 2004, WoRMS 2014).

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