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Issue: Vol. 4173 No. 1: 3 Oct. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-10-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4173.1.9
Page range: 94–100
Abstract views: 67
PDF downloaded: 2

A new genus of freshwater crab of the tribe Kingsleyini Bott, 1970 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) with description of a new species from Mato Grosso, Brazil

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sistemática, Taxonomia Animal e Biodiversidade, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo.
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Ave. Nazareth 481, Ipiranga 04263-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Caixa Postal 2223, 69.080-971 Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Crustacea Amazon region biodiversity Brasiliothelphusa Neotropical region taxonomy

Abstract

A new genus and species of freshwater crab, Melothelphusa apiaka n. gen., n. sp., from Mato Grosso, Central Brazil is described and illustrated. Brasiliothelphusa dardanelosensis Magalhães & Türkay, 2010, is assigned to the new genus Melothelphusa. Therefore, the genus Brasiliothelphusa Magalhães & Türkay, 1986, is restricted to its type species B. tapajoense Magalhães & Türkay, 1986. The new taxa can be easily separated from their close relatives by a suite of morphological characters from the first gonopod.

 

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