Description of a new species of Metaniphargus, M. venezolanus, from a cave in northern Venezuela. This is the first representative of the hadziid group of genera of the family Gammaridae to be found in South America. It is closely related to certain Caribbean, insular taxa.

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Stock, J. H., & Botosaneanu, L. (1983). Amsterdam Expeditions to the West Indian Islands, Report 26. Première découverte d’Amphipodes Gammaridae du groupement des Hadziides dans des eaux souterraines de l’Amérique du Sud: description de Metaniphargus venezolanus sp. n. Bijdragen tot de dierkunde, 53(1), 158–164.