A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Himalayapotamon Pretzmann, 1966 (Decapoda, Brachyura: Potamidae: Potaminae) from Uttarakhand, northern India
Author
Pati, S. K.
Author
Singh, S.
text
Zootaxa
2017
4237
1
191
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journal article
36434
10.11646/zootaxa.4237.1.11
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1175-5326
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Key to the species of
Himalayapotamon
1. Sixth male abdominal somite short, median length nearly two-fifth greatest width (
Fig. 5C
)..........................2
- Sixth male abdominal somite long, median length nearly half greatest width (
Figs. 2
C, 5D)......................... 3
2. G1 terminal joint conical, with tip slightly curved outwards (
Fig. 5
E).............................................................................................
H. bifarium
(
Alcock, 1909
)
[
INDIA
(
Sikkim
)? or
MYANMAR
?]
- G1 terminal joint S-shaped (
Fig. 5
F)...............
H. monticola
(
Alcock, 1910
)
[
INDIA
(
Meghalaya
and
West Bengal
)]
3. Male telson with acute apex (see
Pretzmann 1966
: pl. 3, fig. 11).....................................................................................................
H. kasaulis
(
Pretzmann, 1966
)
[
INDIA
(
Himachal Pradesh
)]
- Male telson with rounded apex (
Figs. 2
C, 5D)............................................................. 4
4. Epigastric and postorbital cristae separated by indistinct groove (
Fig. 5B
)...............................................................................................
H. ambivium
(
Alcock, 1909
)
[
INDIA
(
Himachal Pradesh
)]
- Epigastric and postorbital cristae separated by distinct groove (
Fig. 2
A)......................................... 5
5. G1 terminal joint sinuous (see
Brandis 2001
: fig. 3c)....................................................................
H. atkinsonianum
(Wood-Mason, 1871)
[
BHUTAN
,
INDIA
(
Meghalaya, Sikkim and West Bengal
) and
NEPAL
]
- G1 terminal joint conical, with almost straight margins (
Fig. 3
A)............................................... 6
6. G1 terminal joint slender (see
Brandis 2001
: fig. 4c)......................................................... 7
- G1 terminal joint stout (
Fig. 3
A)......................................................................... 9
7. G1 terminal joint blunt towards tip (see
Brandis 2001
: fig. 4c)....................................................
H. emphyseteum
(
Alcock, 1909
)
[
INDIA
(
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand
),
NEPAL
and
PAKISTAN
]
- G1 terminal joint distinctly narrowing towards tip (see
Bott 1970
: pl. 38, fig. 19).................................. 8
8. G1 terminal joint short, ca. 0.3 times length of subterminal joint (see
Bott 1970
: pl. 38, fig. 19).............................................
H. koolooense
(
Rathbun, 1904
)
[
AFGHANISTAN
,
INDIA
(
Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal
) and
NEPAL
]
- G1 terminal joint long, ca. 0.4 times length of subterminal joint (see
Brandis & Sharma 2005
: fig. 5C)..............................................................................
H. sunkoshiense
Brandis & Sharma, 2005
[
NEPAL
]
9. G1 terminal joint suddenly tapers distally (see
Bouvier 1918
: fig.
10I
)..................................................................................................
H. babaulti
(
Bouvier, 1918
)
[
INDIA
(
Himachal Pradesh
)]
- G1 terminal joint gradually tapers distally (
Fig. 3
B).........................................................10
10. Postorbital cristae almost straight (see
Pretzmann 1963
: pl. 1, fig. 1); male telson with straight lateral margins (see
Pretzmann 1963
: pl. 1, fig. 4); G1 terminal joint long, ca. 0.3 times combined length of subterminal joint and flexible zone (see
Pretzmann 1963
: pl. 3, fig. 11)........................................
H. marinellii
(
Pretzmann, 1963
)
[
INDIA
(
West Bengal
)]
- Postorbital cristae distinctly curved (
Fig. 2
A); male telson with concave lateral margins (
Fig. 2
C); G1 terminal joint short, ca. 0.2 times combined length of subterminal joint and flexible zone (
Fig. 3
A)....
H. garhwalense
n. sp.
[
INDIA
(
Uttarakhand
)]