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Arthropods, 2019, 8(4): 143-175
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Inventory of freshwater arthropods in Pakistan

Quddusi B. Kazmi, Farhana S. Ghory
Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

Received 24 October 2019;Accepted 4 November 2019;Published 1 December 2019
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Abstract
Inventory of free-living freswater arthropods, with synonymical bibliography, occurring in the Pakistani fresh waters is drawn up, almost entirely from taxonomical literature checked until now. Six hundred and thirty two taxa have been recorded since 1892, of these 239 species and sub-species are of Crustacea, 368 species and sub-species are of Insecta, 25 species and sub-species are of Arachnida as well as few unidentified species. The present inventory is composed of the collated records from the publications of the library and internet. Totally 266 selected publications are arranged as resource references.

Keywords inventory;freshwater arthropods;Pakistan.

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