Fefilova E.B.1*, Golubev M.A.1,2, Bakashkina A.S.1,2, Tchougounov V.K.3 2025. New records the genus Schizopera Sars, 1905 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) species in Russia, with their molecular and morphological affinities // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.34. No.4: 509–521 [in English].
1 Institute of Biology, Komi Scientific Centre, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kommunisticheskaya St. 28, Syktyvkar 167982 Russia.
2 Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University, Oktyabrskyi Ave. 55, Syktyvkar 167001 Russia.
3 Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, 109, Nekouz district, Yaroslavl region 152742 Russia.
* Сorresponding author
Elena Fefilova: fefilova@ib.komisc.ru https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9329-3030
Maksim Golubev: maksim.golubev.21@mail.ru https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7011-9090
Aleksandra Bakashkina: sashabakashkina@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4607-4243
Vladimir Tchougounov: vlad.tchougounov@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8845-4829
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doi:10.15298/arthsel.34.4.05
ABSTRACT. Two species of harpacticoids of the genus Schizopera Sars, 1905 were found in brackish lake in Chelyabinsk city and an aquarium in the exposition of the Museum-Aquarium of Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters Russian Academy of Sciences (Borok Settlement, Yaroslavl region). Brief illustrated morphological descriptions of the females and males of both species: S. neglecta Akatova, 1935 and S. samchunensis Karaytuğ et Sak, 2005 are given, for the first time data on molecular-genetic barcodes (sequences of the mtDNA COI gene) of these species are provided. A key for the identification of Eurasian Schizopera species is presented.
KEY WORDS: inland waters, brackish-water lake, aquarium fauna, DNA-barcoding, Russia, Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Miraciidae, Diosaccinae, Schizopera.