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| Kingsleya attenboroughi Pinheiro & Santana, 2016 |
Abstract
A new species of freshwater crab, Kingsleya attenboroughi n. sp., from the Arajara district, Ceará state, Brazil, is described and illustrated. The new species differs from congeners by having a short apical plate in the first gonopod, with anteriorly directed lobes and proximally angular; proximal lobe of the apical plate with conspicuous semicircular protuberance in mesial and sternal views; marginal process protruded, projecting mesially in sternal view and subquadrate in mesial view; and field of apical spines narrow, tapering distally, with small spines concentrated proximally. Opportunity is taken to illustrate K. gustavoi Magalhães, 2005, the closest allied species of K. attenboroughi n. sp. A key for the species of Kingsleya Ortmann, 1897 is provided.
Keywords: Crustacea, Amazon Basin, freshwater crabs, Kingsleyini, IUCN Red list, species diversity
Taxonomy
Family Pseudotelphusidae
Tribe Kingsleyini Bott, 1970
Kingsleya Ortmann, 1897
Type species: Kingsleya latifrons (Randall, 1840) [Potamia] by monotypy, gender feminine.
Type species: Kingsleya latifrons (Randall, 1840) [Potamia] by monotypy, gender feminine.
Included species with genera of the original combination indicated in brackets: Kingsleya attenboroughi n. sp.; K. besti Magalhães, 1990; K. castrensis Pedraza, Martinelli-Filho & Magalhães, 2015; K. celioi Pedraza & Tavares, 2015; K. gustavoi Magalhães, 2005; K. hewashimi Magalhães & Türkay, 2008; K. junki Magalhães, 2003; K. latifrons (Randall, 1840) [Potamia]; K. siolli (Bott, 1967) [Potamocarcinus (Kingsleya)]; K. ytupora Magalhães, 1986.
Etymology. This new species is named in honor of the English naturalist Sir David Attenborough, a devoted naturalist and communicator of science that promotes environmental education and protection, including in the Chapada do Araripe, from where this species appears to be endemic
Allysson P. Pinheiro and William Santana. 2016. A New and Endangered Species of Kingsleya Ortmann, 1897 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) from Ceará, northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa. 4171(2): 365–372. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.9
