Demaorchestia parapacifica Lowry & Myers 2022, comb. nov

Demaorchestia parapacifica (Kim, Jung & Min, 2013) comb. nov. (Fig. 8) Platorchestia parapacifica Kim, Jung & Min, 2013: 829, figs 2���7. Type material. Holotype, male, 19.2 mm, NIBRIVOOOO268878. Paratypes: 6 male, 5 females, NIBRIV- OOOO268879���87, same data holotype. Type locality. Geumseongcheon Stream, Jeju-do, South Korea (33��26���N 126��17���E). Ecological type. Beach-hoppers. Habitat. ���Living mainly on the sandy shores around river mouths (salinity ranged between 5���20 psu). It is usually found under rotting hay or in silt beside the water.��� (Kim, Jung & Min (2013). Molecular data. 596 bp CO1 gene sequences (GenBank accession numbers KF016044 - KF016047) were obtained from four specimens of the new species. Size. 19.2 mm, female, 13.5 mm. Diagnosis ( male ). Based on Kim, Jung & Min (2013). Gnathopod 2 propodus with midpalmar sinus; dactylus blunt or apically pinched. Epimeron 3 posterior margin smooth. Telson with 10���11 robust setae per lobe . Remarks. Demaorchestia parapacifica is the only species in the genus with at least 10 robust setae on each telson lobe. Distribution. South Korea. Sehwa Beach (33��31���N 126��51���E), Jeju-do, South Korea; Seomjin River (34��59���N 127��46���E), Jeollanam-do, South Korea; Osipcheon Stream (36��21���N 129��22���E), Gyeongsangbuk-do (Kim, Jung & Min, 2013).
Published as part of Lowry, J. K. & Myers, A. A., 2022, Platorchestiinae subfam. nov. (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Talitridae) with the description of three new genera and four new species, pp. 1-53 in Zootaxa 5100 (1) on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5100.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6127681
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