Artystone bolivianensis n.sp. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) from a loricariid catfish of the Bolivian Amazon

Abstract

Artystone bolivianensis n.sp. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) from the body cavity of a Bolivian freshwater fish, Otocinclus vestitus COPE, (Loricariidae) is described. The new species most closely resembles Artystone minima THATCHER & CARVALHO, 1988, from the body cavity of Nannostomus becwordi GÜNTHER, (Lebiasinidae) from the upper Rio Negro of Brazil.