Halicyclops Norman 1903

Key to the Indian species of the genus Halicyclops Norman, 1903 1. Spine formula 2.3. 3.3........................................................... H. (H.) canui Lindberg, 1941 - Spine formula 4.4. 4.3......................................................... H. (H.) tenuispina Sewell, 1924 2. Genital double-somite with lateral process, spine formula 3.4. 4.3............................................... 3 - Genital double-somite without lateral process, spine formula 3.4. 4.3............................................. 4 3. Genital double-somite with long lateral spinous process................................. H. (H.) spinifer Kiefer, 1935 - Genital double-somite with small, blunt lateral process............................... H. (H.) electus Lindberg, 1941 4. Second endopodal segment of legs 2���4 with 1 inner seta..................................... H. (H.) martinezi n. sp. - Second endopodal segment of legs 2���4 with 2 inner setae..................................................... 5 5. Caudal ramus 1.5 times as long as wide, length-width ratio of leg 4 third endopodal segment 2.2................................................................................................ H. (H.) konkanensis Lindberg, 1949 - Caudal ramus 1.2 times as long as wide, length-width ratio of leg 4 third endopodal segment 1.2..................................................................................................... H. (H.) pilifer Lindberg, 1949
Published as part of Totakura, Venkateswara Rao & Reddy, Yenumula Ranga, 2015, Groundwater cyclopoid copepods of peninsular India, with description of eight new species, pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 3945 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3945.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/288235
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