Especie nueva de cangrejos de agua dulce del género Pseudothelphusa (Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) de Guerrero, México

Abstract

A NEW SPECIES OF FRESWATER CRAB BELONGING TO THE FAMILY PSEUDOTHELPHUSIDAE, PSEUDOTHELPHUSA HOFFMANNAE, FROM THE STATE OF GUERRERO IS DESCRIBED. THE SPECIES IS PLACED IN THE GENUS PSEUDOTHELPHUSA DUE TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE GONOPOD WICH FEATURES THE CHARACTERISTIC BROADLY ROUDED MESIAL PROCESS AND A TRIANGULAS LATERAL PROCESS ENDING IN AN ACUTE TIP. PSEUDOTHELPHUSA HOFFMANNAE DIFFERS FROM THE REST OF THE EPSECIES IN THE GENUS IN THE SHAPE OF BOTH PROCESSES.