The generic concept ofAllocyclopsKiefer, 1932: (Copepoda: Cyclopoida: Cyclopidae) an alternative view

The current systematics of the genus Allocyclops Kiefer, 1932 Kiefer, F. 1932. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et P.A. Chappuis en Afrique Occidentale Française (Dec.1930–Mars 1931). Neue Diaptomiden und Cyclopiden aus Franzosisch Westafrika. (Vorläufige Mitteilung). Bull Soc Sci Cluj, 6: 523–528. [Google Scholar] is a contentious subject. The emended diagnosis proposed in 2001 by Karanovic has not been unanimously accepted and the classical outline and species arrangement has been favoured in the latest update by Dussart and Defaye in 2006 Dussart, BH and Defaye. 2006. World Directory of Crustacea Copepoda of Inland Waters. II–Cyclopiformes, 1–354. Leiden, , the Netherlands: Backhuys publishers. [Google Scholar]. Based on re-examination of types and additional material both concepts are tested and rejected because they are unnatural groupings. The redefined genus absorbs Bacillocyclops Lindberg, 1956 within it, and includes the species Allocyclops chappuisi Kiefer, 1932 Kiefer, F. 1932. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et P.A. Chappuis en Afrique Occidentale Française (Dec.1930–Mars 1931). Neue Diaptomiden und Cyclopiden aus Franzosisch Westafrika. (Vorläufige Mitteilung). Bull Soc Sci Cluj, 6: 523–528. [Google Scholar], Allocyclops cavicola Chappuis, 1951 Chappuis, PA. 1951. Isopodes et Copépodes cavernicoles. Rev Zool Bot Afr, 44: 342–359. [Google Scholar], Allocyclops beadlei (Lindberg, 1956) comb. nov. and Allocyclops botosaneanui Plesa, 1981. Psammocyclops Kiefer, 1955 Kiefer, F. 1955. Neue Cyclopoida Gnathostoma (Crustacea Copepoda) aus Madagaskar. II. Cyclopinae. Zool Anz, 154: 222–232. [Google Scholar] and Stolonicyclops Reid and Spooner, 1998 Reid, JW and Spooner, JD. 1998. Stolonicyclops heggiensis, new genus, new species, from Georgia, U.S.A. (Copepoda: Cyclopoida: Cyclopidae). J crust Biol, 18: 405–411. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar] are re-instated as separate genera: the former including Psammocyclops excellens Kiefer, 1955 Kiefer, F. 1955. 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