Pseudothelphusidae) by Ceará, northeastern Brazil

Abstract

A new kind of fresh water crab, Kingsley Attenboroughi north. sp.From the district of Arajara, state of Ceará, Brazil, describes and illustrates. The new species differs from the congeners by having a short apical plaque in the first gonopod, with lobes directed above and proximally angular; Proximal lobe of the apical plate with semicircular protuberance conspicuous in mesial and sternal views; The marginal process stood out, mesially projecting in sternal view and sub -subchuadrato in mesial view; and the field of narrow apical spines, distally narrowing, with small concentrated spines proximally. The opportunity to illustrate K. Gustavoi Magalhães, 2005, the closest allied species of K. Attenboroughi north. sp. A key to the species of Kingsley Ortmann is provided, 1897.

Keywords: Crustacea, Amazon Basin, fresh water crabs, Kingsleyini, IUCN red list, species diversity

Family Pseudotelphusidae

Tribe Kingsleyini Bott, 1970

Species included With genres of the original combination indicated in the supports: Kingsley Attenboroughi north. sp.; K. Besti Magalhães, 1990; K. Castrensis Pedraza, Martinelli-Filho and Magalhães, 2015; K. Celioi Pedraza and Tavares, 2015; K. Gustavoi Magalhães, 2005; K. Hewashimi Magalhães and Türkay, 2008; K. trash Magalhães, 2003; K. Latifrons (Randall, 1840) [Potamia]; K. Siolli (Bott, 1967) [Potamocarcinus (Kingsleya)]; K. Ytopara Magalhães, 1986.

Kingsley Attenboroughi north. sp.

Etymology. This new species is named in honor of the English naturalist Lord David AttenboroughA naturalist and communicator devote

Allyson P. Pinheiro and William Santana. 2016. A new and in danger of extinction of Kingsley Ortmann, 1897 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) by Ceará, Northeast of Brazil. ZOOTAXA 4171 (2): 365–372. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zotaxa.4171.2.9