Checklist of copepods (Crustacea: Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Harpacticoida) from Wyoming, USA, with new state records

Abstract

I present a comprehensive checklist of the copepod fauna of Wyoming, USA with 41 species of copepods; based on museum specimens, literature reviews, and active surveillance. Of these species 19 were previously unknown from the state. This check­list includes species in the families Centropagidae, Cyclopidae, Diaptomidae, Ergasilidae, Laophontidae, Lern­aeopodidae, and Lernaeidae.