Heterocypris margaritae Margalef 1961

Heterocypris margaritae Margalef 1961

Heterocypris margaritae — Margalef 1961: 104–106, fig. 13D–H, 14; H. margaritae — Broodbakker 1982: 210–217, table I– II, fig. 1–5, 10B–C; H. margaritae — Broodbakker 1983b: 116–119, table I; H. margaritae — Broodbakker 1984b: 17; H. margaritae — Martens & Behen 1994: 34, H. margaritae — Karanovic 2012: 445.

Synonym: Heterocypris similis Klie 1933 , 1939.

Type locality: a pond along the southern margin of the road from Punta de Piedras to Porlamar, closer to the first town ( Punta de Piedras), Margarita Island, NUEVA ESPARTA State, Venezuela, (GN 10º54’04” N, 64º05’49” W) GoogleMaps . Type (1♁)— IIP, catalog number not known .

In Venezuela: it corresponds to the type locality. Other localities according to Broodbakker (1982, 1983b, 1984a, b): LA TORTUGA Island —“Islote Los Tortuguillos” ( emend., not “Tortuguillo”), without locality details (GN 10°57’00” N, 65°26’00” W). SUCRE State—WH 1936/?, Chacopata, Araya Peninsula (GN 10°40’37” N, 63°49’05” W). LOS TESTIGOS Archipelago—WH 1936/30 ( emend., see remarks), pond, Poza del Morro de la Iguana, Iguana Island (GN 11º21’32” N, 63º08’03” W). NUEVA ESPARTA State—WH 1936/18, permanent lagoon, Laguna Honda, southeast of Juan Griego, Margarita Island (GN 11º04’54” N, 63º57’56” W); S 1978/332, covered well, permanent, Caracari, Macanao Peninsula, Margarita Island ( 11º02’30” N, 64º14’00” W); S 1978/335, open well, permanent, east side of Route 1, Salamanca, Margarita Island ( 11º03’10” N, 63º51’17” W). FALCÓN State—S 1978/326, covered well 17 km north of Santa Cruz de Los Taques, Paraguana Peninsula ( 11º56’30” N, 70º12’40” W). LA BLANQUILLA Island—S 1982/?, no location details (GN 11°50’57” N, 64°36’06” W).

Remarks: geographical distribution includes the Caribbean Islands, such as Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba, Grenada, Barbados, St. Martin, and Venezuela ( Broodbakker 1982, 1984a, Martens & Behen 1994). Broodbakker (1982) redescribed this species from the Syntype — ZMA, Ost. 150.723 and Topotype — ZMA, Ost. 150.721, that was collected on Klein Bonaire, which he proposes as the type locality for the species. Broodbakker (1984b) indicates that the species is a companion fauna of Diaphanocypris meridana . From the information in Hummelinck (1940), it is assumed that the sample WH 1936/30 was collected on Iguana Island, Los Testigos Archipelago ( Venezuela).