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Two new species of interstitial harpacticoids from southern Italy and proposal of a new Parastenocaris species‐group

Abstract Two interstitial harpacticoids collected in subterranean freshwater in Calabria are described and discussed. Ichnusella ionica sp. nov. was collected in the interstitial habitat of the Portigliola stream, a record extending the distribution of the genus, which was previously recorded only from Latium and Sardinia. Parastenocaris sibaritica sp. nov. is described from a similar habitat of the Crati River. This new taxon belongs to a group of species living exclusively in estuarine interstitial habitats and all characterised by peculiar morphological and ecological features. The creation of a new group, the “hera‐group”;, is proposed for these species.