01476nas a2200145   4500008004100000245014600041210006900187300001200256490000700268520096300275653001101238653001501249100001801264856004801282       1983                        eng d00aDiscovery of a bogidiellid amphipod crustacean in inland waters of the East Indian archipelago: Bogidiella (Medigidiella) sarawacensis n. sp.0 aDiscovery of a bogidiellid amphipod crustacean in inland waters   a198-2040 v443 a<p>During the Royal Geographical Society&rsquo;s Mulu expedition (1977-78) a number of caves in the Batu Niah and Gunung Mulu National Parks (Sarawak, Borneo) were surveyed. In two caves, Mr. Philip Chapman discovered blind, stygobiont amphipod crustaceans, which proved to be an undescribed species of the subgenus Medigidiella Stock, 1981 of the genus Bogidiella Hertzog, 1933, described below as В. (M.) sarawacensis n. sp.&nbsp;This is the first Bogidiellid that becomes known from the East Indian archipelago. The subgenus Medigidiella to which it belongs, is predominantly distributed around the Mediterranean basin, with one species (В. (M.) arganoi Ruffo &amp; Vigna, 1973) in Mexico. The discovery of a new species in hypogean waters of Borneo supports my opinion (Stock, 1978, 1981) that certain members of the Bogidiellidae are very old inhabitants of inland waters, having reached a world-wide distribution before the break-up of Pangaea.</p>
10aBorneo10aEast India1 aStock, Jan, H  uhttps://bogidiellids.myspecies.info/node/71