Austrogammarus Barnard & Karaman 1984

Austrogammarus Barnard & Karaman, 1984 Austrogammarus Barnard & Karaman, 1984: 60 -61. Type species. Gammarus australis Sayce, 1901, by original designation. For the generic diagnoses, additional description, characters of interspecific value and sexual attributes see Williams & Barnard (1988: 16--17). Relationships. Austrogammarus is regarded as the basic (most primitive) genus of Australian paramelitids. Composition. This genus now includes seven species: A. australis (Sayce), A. smithi Williams & Barnard, A. haasei (Sayee), A. sayeei Williams & Barnard, A. spinatus Williams & Barnard, A. multispinatus Williams & Barnard and A. telsosetosus n.sp. Keys to the first six of these species, based upon the most prominent specific differences, were given by Williams & Barnard (1988: 16 -17). In these keys, A. telsosetosus keys to A. multispinatus. These two species differ only slightly from each other (see remarks under Relationships below).
Published as part of Barnard, J. Laurens & Williams, W. D., 1995, The taxonomy of freshwater Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Australian fresh waters: Part 2, pp. 161-201 in Records of the Australian Museum 47 (2) on page 162, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.47.1995.236, http://zenodo.org/record/4654824
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