A revision of the freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamonautidae) of the Lake Kivu drainage basin in Central and East Africa
Author
Meyer, Kirstin S.
Author
Cumberlidge, Neil
text
Zootaxa
2011
3011
45
58
journal article
46436
10.5281/zenodo.207971
5356b007-a4f0-4717-9c58-053282421c27
1175-5326
207971
Key to species of
Potamonautes
in Lake Kivu (
Cumberlidge & Meyer 2011
) and its drainage basin (present work)
1. Postfrontal crest complete, either distinct or faint............................................................ 2
- Postfrontal crest either incomplete or absent................................................................ 4
2. Anterolateral margin toothed; s3/s4 incomplete, not meeting top of sac; exorbital tooth large, pointed.......
P. lirrangensis
- Anterolateral margin smooth; s3/s4 complete, meeting top of sac; exorbital tooth either small or reduced to granule....... 3
3. Mandibular palp with small hard flap at junction between segments; lateral fold of G1 terminal article higher than medial fold..............................................................................................
P. minor
- Mandibular palp simple, lacking hard flap at junction between segments; medial fold of G1 terminal article higher than lateral fold......................................................................................
P. perparvus
4. Medial and lateral margins of dorsal membrane of G1 uneven; s2/s3 faint or incomplete............................ 5
- Medial and lateral margins of dorsal membrane of G1 even; s2/s3 deep, completely crossing sternum................. 6
5. Distal meral tooth of P1 merus reduced to granule; terminal article of G1 slim, straight, tapering evenly to tip.
P. bourgaultae
- Distal meral tooth of P1 merus distinct, pointed; terminal article of G1 slim at base, significantly widened in middle, tapering sharply to narrow tip......................................................................
P. gonocristatus
6. s3/s4 complete, meeting top of sac; G1 terminal article straight.......................................
P. idjwiensis
- s3/s4 incomplete, not meeting top of sac; G1 terminal article curved............................................ 7
7. First carpal tooth low, blunt; subterminal segment of G1 with setose margins..........................
P. muta
nd ensis
- First carpal tooth distinct, pointed; subterminal article of G1 lacking setae..............................
P. semilunaris