Hemilepistus (Hemilepistus) Verhoeff 1930
Creators: name: Wang, Jin
name: Hong, Xinkai
name: Li, Weichun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Isopoda
Agnaridae
Hemilepistus

description: Key to the species of the subgenus Hemilepistus (Hemilepistus)
1. Posterior margin of pereonite 3 smooth................................................................... 2
- Posterior margin of pereonite 3 with tubercles.............................................................. 5
2. Lateral tuberosity present on pereonite 3.................................................................. 3
- Lateral tuberosity absent on pereonite 3................................................................... 4
3. Pereonites 1 and 2 with bulbous tubercles directed upwards............................... H. (H.) dushengi sp. nov.
- Pereonites 1 and 2 with long conical tubercles directed upwards on tergite 1 and backwards on tergite 2................................................................................................. H. (H.) conicus sp. nov.
4. Head with two curved rows of small tubercles..................................... H. (H.) reductus Borutzky, 1945
- Head with single large tubercle in median position................................ H. (H.) rhinoceros Borutzky, 1958
5. Pereonites 1 and 2 with well-developed tubercles and formed tall upright crests................................... 6
- Pereonites 1 and 2 with small tubercles near posterior and lateral margins........................................ 9
6. Flagellum of antenna with segment 2 as long as segment 1.................................................... 7
- Flagellum of antenna with segment 2 half as long as segment 1................................................. 8
7. Pereonites 3 with small bulbous tubercles, tergite 4 with small lateral tubercles only...... H. (H.) crenulatus (Pallas, 1771)
- Pereonites tergite 3 with long tubercles, tergite 4 with weak posterior tuberosities and well-developed lateral tubercles............................................................................ H. (H.) cristatus Budde-Lund, 1885
8. Frons with six tubercles forming semicircle surrounding two median tubercles.......... H. (H.) aphganicus Borutzky, 1958
- Frons without median tubercles.................................................. H. (H.) magnus Borutzky, 1945
9. Pereonite 4 with well-developed tubercles................................................................ 10
- Pereonite 4 with faint traces of tuberosity................................................................. 11
10. Head with 12–14 large tubercles................................................. H. (H.) schirasi Lincoln, 1970
- Head with 25–30 small tubercles....................................... H. (H.) reaumurii (Milne-Edwards, 1840)
11. Pereonites 2 and 3 with conical tubercles directed backwards............................ H. (H.) klugii (Brandt, 1833)
- Pereonites 2 and 3 with bulbous tubercles directed upwards..... H. (H.) taftanicus Kashani, Sari & Hosseini Ostavani, 2010
description: Published as part of Wang, Jin, Hong, Xinkai & Li, Weichun, 2022, First record of the genus Hemilepistus (Isopoda: Agnaridae) from China, with description of two new species, pp. 87-94 in Zootaxa 5188 (1) on page 93, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7087452