Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Pseudectinosoma, and description of<i>P. janineae</i>sp. n. (Crustacea, Copepoda, Ectinosomatidae)

Abstract

Recent stygobiological investigations carried out in the circum‐Mediterranean area resulted in the discovery of a new species of the genus Pseudectinosoma Kunz, described herein as P. janineae sp. n. The taxonomic status of the genus is reviewed in a phylogenetic perspective. The origin of the present‐day distribution of the genus Pseudectinosoma is reconstructed both from patterns of relationships among the species and from palaeogeographical data.