A new species of freshwater amphipod ( Dogielinotidae , Hyalella ) from Southeastern Brazil

To the present 57 species of Hyalella were described for Americas, 15 of them found in Brazil, which is among the most diverse countries for this genus. This work aims to describe a new Hyalella species with benthic habits which is found in a water source on Southeastern Brazil. It is mainly characterized by a wide truncated process formed near the dactylus insertion on gnathopod 2, besides both coxal and sternall gills present on pereonits 2 to 7. This work improves the knowledge on biodiversity about Hyalella species.

1970), besides animal and vegetal material in decomposition (Cooper, 1965).This work aims to describe a new Hyalella species with benthic habits which is found in a water source on Brazil.

MATERIAL AND METHODS
The new species was found in a water source belonging to Universidade Federal de Lavras -UFLA (21º13'84"S/44º58'66"W), municipality of Lavras, Minas Gerais state, located at 918 m of altitude.The stream formed by this water source presents mean deep of 30 cm, predominantly sandy, with some leaf litter.
Specimens were collected with the aid of a net, separated from sediment and taken to the laboratory.The cephalothorax length was measured under stereoscopic microscope with a milimetric scale.Adult males and females were kept in ethanol 70%, colored with Rose Bengal and dissected.Permanent slides of the appendages were mounted and morphological characteristics of paratypes were analyzed for description.Type material is deposited in the Crustacean Collection of Museu Nacional/

INTRODUCTION
The diversity of Hyalella Smith, 1874 has increased substantially in the last years.To the present 57 species were described for Americas, 15 of them from Brazil, which is among the most diverse countries for this genus (González et al., 2006;Santos et al., 2008;Cardoso et al., 2011;Bastos-Pereira and Bueno, 2012;Rodrigues et al., 2012).
Most of Hyalella species are epigean, but some may be found in hipogean habitats and present troglomorphic or troglobiotic characteristics.In Brazil the majority of species is found in streams, lakes and rivers, while the others may be found inhabiting caves, wetlands and hypothelminorheic habitats (Pereira, 1989;Grosso and Peralta, 1999;González et al., 2006;Cardoso et al., 2011;Rodrigues et al., 2012).All records of Hyalella species from Brazil are located on Southern and Southeastern regions.
These freshwater amphipods may live associated to aquatic macrophytes or in debris deposits in the bottom of water courses.They feed on algae and bacteria associated to the sediment and to aquatic vegetation (Hargrave, UFRJ) and on the Crustacean Collection of Laboratório de Carcinologia -UFLA.
Diagnosis: Acumination in coxae absent.Maxilla 2 inner plate with six pappose setae on inner margin.Gnathopod 1 carpus inner face with seven pappose setae; propodus inner face with five pappose setae, posterodistal margin with denticles in comb-scales.Gnathopod 2 propodus without comb-scales, palm shorter than posterior margin, palm with irregular edge with a wide truncated process formed near the dactylus insertion.Inner ramus of uropod 1 without curved seta.Coxal gills on segments 2 to 7. Sternal gills on segments 2 to 7.
Maxilla 1 (Fig. 6): palp uniarticulate, short, reaching less than half length distance between base of palp and tip of setae on outer plate; inner plate slender, smaller than outer plate, bearing two apical papposerrate setae; outer plate with less seven serrate setae.
Maxilliped (Fig. 8): inner plates apically rounded with four cuspidate and pappose setae; outer plates larger than inner plates, with apical and medial simple and pappose setae; palp longer than outer plate, with four articles; article 3 outer distal face with few simple setae, inner face with simple and pappose setae; article 4 unguiform, shorter than article 3, distal setae simple and longer than nail, inner border with simple setae; distal nail present.
Gnathopod 1 (Fig. 9a): subchelate; basis and merus with distal pappose setae with an accessory seta; carpus longer than wide with a wide posterior lobe forming a scoop like structure open to the inside with a border pectinate with several pappose setae, inner face with seven pappose setae; propodus (Fig. 9b) length less than two times maximum width, hammer shape, inner face with five pappose setae and ten to sixteen small triangular setae, palm slope transverse, posterior distal corner with cuspidate setae with accessory seta, posterodistal margin with denticles in combscales; dactylus claw-like with denticles in comb-scales and one plumose seta.
Gnathopod 2 (Fig. 10a): subchelate, basis hind margin with few simple setae; merus with seven or more simple setae on posterior margin, distal corner rounded; carpus with posterior lobe elongated produced between merus and propodus, border pectinate with several pappose setae, with few denticles in comb-scales; propodus ovate, posterodistal and anterodistal borders without denticles in comb-scales, palm shorter than posterior margin, palm slope oblique with several short fine and some long simple setae, irregular edge with a wide truncated process formed near the dactylus insertion, posterodistal corner with two cuspidate setae with an accessory seta (Fig. 10b); dactylus claw-like, not fitting with palm, with several endal setae, without comb-scales.
Pleopods (Fig. 16): not modified, peduncle wider and shorter than rami, with coupling hooks distally; rami with several plumose setae on both sides.Uropod 1 (Fig. 17): longer than uropod 2; peduncle longer than rami, setation present; rami subequal in length; inner ramus with four dorsal cuspidate setae with accessory seta and four distal setae, two of them longer, without curved setae on inner side of inner ramus; outer ramus with three dorsal cuspidate setae with accessory seta, and seven distal setae.
Uropod 3 (Fig. 19): shorter than peduncle of uropod 1, as long as peduncle of uropod 2; peduncle subrectangular, wider than ramus, with five distal cuspidate setae with accessory seta, no marginal setae; inner ramus absent; outer ramus uniarticulate, subequal to peduncle in length, basal width more than two times tip of ramus, six apical setae, four of Telson (Fig. 20): as wide as long, entire, rounded, with two widely apart simple setae with shorter setae close to them.
Etymology: The new species here described was found in a water source, called "mina" in Portuguese, Brazil.The specific epithet means "who comes from a water source".
Remarks: Among the species of Hyalella found in Southeastern Brasil, H. minensis is closely related to H. warmingi Stebbing, 1899.Despite of the similar telson, the absence of curved seta on inner ramus of uropod 1, palm of gnathopod 2 propodus shorter than posterior margin and the similar shape and setation of gnathopod 2 (all of this characters in males), which characteristics both species present, the process formed near the dactylus insertion on gnathopod 2 is wider and more truncated in H. minensis.Moreover, H. warming presents more pappose setae on the inner side of gnathopod 1 and coxal gills are present from pereonit 2 to 6, while in H. minensis pairs of such gills may be observed until pereonit 7.
The geographically nearest Hyalella species found in this region is H. longistila (Faxon, 1876) (Bastos- Pereira and Bueno, 2012).Despite of the absence of curved seta on uropod 1 and similar uropod 3, these species present differences mainly in relation