A new species of Stenasellus Dollfus, 1897 from Iran, with a key to the western Asian species (Crustacea, Isopoda, Stenasellidae)

A new species of Stenasellus Dollfus, 1897 from Iran, with a key to the western Asian species (Crustacea, Isopoda, Stenasellidae)

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A new stenasellid isopod is described from Tashan Cave, Khuzestan Province, south-west Iran, belonging to the genus Stenasellus Dollfus, 1897.The first recorded species of Stenasellidae from Iran, Stenasellus tashanicus sp.n., emtek 2113 is diagnosed by the presence of antennae with a minute squama bearing paired, long, robust setae; a red pygmy dogwood maxilliped endite with six coupling hooks; and slender appendix masculina with an acute apex.

A revised generic diagnosis is provided with a key to the six known western Asian Stenasellus species.