A new semiterrestrial freshwater crab in the genus Badistemon and a new record of Indochinamon from northern Thailand (Brachyura: Potamidae)
Author
Rogers, D. Christopher
Author
Sanoamuang, Laorsri
Author
Sanoamuang, Niwat
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2021
2021-12-27
69
548
554
journal article
10.26107/RBZ-2021-0071
2345-7600
7174873
23D50815-D635-4C4F-82D2-3570B938AC92
Indochinamon bhumibol
(
Naiyanetr, 2001
)
Pu Chao Pho Luang, Giant Mountain Crab (
Figs. 2A–E
,
3
)
Material examined.
THAILAND
:
Nan Province
,
Chiang Klang District
,
Ban Nam Meed Stream
,
19°20′3″N
,
100°50′3″E
, ~
400 m
asl
;
4 males
,
1 female
;
August 2018
;
N. Sanoamuang
.
Remarks.
Five specimens (
one female
,
four males
) of
Indochinamon bhumibol
were collected at the same site as
B. nanensis
,
new species
, described above. As with
B. nanensis
,
new species
,
I. bhumibol
is nocturnal and burrows under large stones along the stream banks. The local people capture them for food using chicken meat.
The largest specimen was a male with a carapace length of
51.6 mm
and carapace width of
68.4 mm
. Our material fits within the size range presented in the original description, and the form of gonopods I and II (
Fig. 1D, E
), maxilliped III (
Fig. 1B
), as well as the habitat and colouration in life (
Fig. 2A, B
) match the original description very well (
Naiyanetr, 2001
).
However, some minor differences are evident. In our material, the carapace dorsolateral rugosities appear to be slightly larger, the orbital and epibranchial teeth slightly more prominent, and the orbital tooth bears a weak marginal bead (
Figs. 1A
,
2B, D
). The telson lateral margins are more convex in two of the
four males
(
Fig. 1C
).
This new record represents a significant range extension. Our locality is approximately
350 km
north of the
type
locality in
Loei province
(
Naiyanetr, 2001
), and is situated in a different drainage system
.