Gammarus lobifer Stock, Mirzajani, Vonk, Naderi & Kiabi, 1998

Zamanpoore, Mehrdad, Grabowski, Michal, Poeckl, Manfred & Schiemer, Friedrich, 2011, Taxonomic review of freshwater Gammarus (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Iran, Zootaxa 3140, pp. 1-14 : 6

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scientific name	Gammarus lobifer Stock, Mirzajani, Vonk, Naderi & Kiabi, 1998
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Gammarus lobifer Stock, Mirzajani, Vonk, Naderi & Kiabi, 1998 View in CoL

Gammarus lobifer Stock, Mirzajani, Vonk, Naderi & Kiabi, 1998: 210 View in CoL –215, Figs. 24–27.

Locus typicus. Yasooj, ( 30º40'N, 51º30'E), Zagros Region, Kohgiluye Va Buierahmad Province.

Material examined. Specimens from Sheshpeer spring, ( 30º15'N, 52º03'E) ( ZMA Crust. Amph. 202031).

Distribution. This species seems to be endemic to a limited area in lower central Zagros, in three locations including locus typicus and two other in north-west and south-east of it ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ).

Ecological notes. The original description lacks any ecological data. However, the locality lies in a mountainous region with hundreds of cold springs.

Taxonomic remarks. Individuals from the Sheshpeer spring possess all the described features of the typus except for the postero-distal corner setae on pereopod 7 basis. Among Iranian gammarids this species is most close to G. baloutchi and G. sepidannus , however G. lobifer bears short setae in peduncle segments 4 and 5 of antenna 2 ( Stock et al., 1998, Fig. 24d), versus long setae in the two other species. Dorsal surface of urosomites in G. lobifer is slightly elevated ( ibid., Fig. 24i) compared to flat urosome surface in both G. baloutchi and G. sepidannus . In addition, antennal gland cone is long in G. lobifer , while it is short in G. b a l o u t c h i.