Sylvathelphusa kalebi Villalobos & ��lvarez, 2013, n. sp

Autor: Villalobos, Jos�� Luis, ��lvarez, Fernando
Rok vydání: 2013
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ISSN: 0096-3801
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6146611
Popis: Sylvathelphusa kalebi n. sp. (Figs. 2, 3) Type material. Holotype: male, cb 17.3 mm, cl 10.5 mm; allotype: female, cb 14.8 mm, cl 9.6 mm; paratype: male, cb 15.1 mm, cl 9.4 mm; La Pera nature reserve, 12 km NE of Berrioz��bal (16 �� 49 ' 53 " N, 93 �� 17 ' 42 " W; 1178 m), Municipio de Tuxtla Guti��rrez, Chiapas, Mexico; 12 Sep 2008; colls: K. Z��rate, I.A. C��rdoba, A.J. Flores, C.A. P��rez, G. Salinas; CNCR 26179. Other material examined (non-types). 5 males, cb 12.0- 15.5 mm, cl 7.8-10.5 mm; 2 females 15.0 mm both, cl 9.2-9.5 mm; same locality as holotype; 27 Nov 2008; colls: J.L. Villalobos, C. Hern��ndez, K. Z��rate, A. Garc��a, C. Enr��quez, E. Torres; CNCR 26181. Description. Small sized crabs (cb Color in life. Carapace dark olive or gray, chelipeds white and ambulatory legs light brown, thoracic sternites and abdomen light yellow. Etymology. The species is named after Kaleb Z��rate, biologist and speleologist, who first discovered this population. Remarks. This is the first record of a completely terrestrial pseudothelphusid crab in Mexico, although Pseudothelphusa parabelliana ��lvarez, 1989, Odontothelphusa maxillipes (Rathbun, 1898), Potamocarcinus magnus (Rathbun, 1895) and Raddaus bocourti (A. Milne-Edwards, 1866), have been observed at considerable distances from the nearest stream. The crabs representing the new species were found in a tropical rainforest NE of the town of Berrioz��bal, at altitudes ranging from 950 to 1200 m. They were found under limestone in crevices, where the soil is humid and contains abundant organic matter composed of leaf litter in different stages of decomposition. No streams, rivers or other aquatic bodies were observed nearby.
Published as part of Villalobos, Jos�� Luis & ��lvarez, Fernando, 2013, Two new genera and three new species of freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Pseudothelphusidae: Potamocarcinini) from Chiapas, Mexico, pp. 457-470 in Zootaxa 3599 (5) on pages 459-463, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.5.3, http://zenodo.org/record/218814
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