Description of a new species of Aeglidae, and new records of related species from river basins in Argentina (Crustacea, Anomura)
Author
Bond-Buckup, Georgina
Author
Jara, Carlos G.
Author
Buckup, Ludwig
Author
Bueno, Alessandra A. P.
Author
Pérez-Losada, Marcos
Author
Crandall, Keith A.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2343
18
30
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.193342
451e845a-bc93-48c8-9d67-121040a631a5
1175-5326
193342
Aegla scamosa
Ringuelet,
1948
Diagnosis
. Anterolateral spine of carapace reaching and sometimes exceeding base of cornea; protogastric lobes absent; transverse dorsal line sinuous; rostrum triangular, of medium length, carinate with indistinct scales on the distal third; front narrow; anterior angle of ventral margin of epimera
2
with two or more scales; fourth sternite slightly raised, medially, with scale; proximal outer margin of moveable finger of cheliped without lobe; palmar crest present, sub-rectangular, indented; inner margin of ventral face of ischium of cheliped only with five tubercles; dorsal and ventral margins of merus of second pereiopod with scale-shaped tubercles and scales. (Modified from
Bond-Buckup & Buckup
1994
).
Measurements
. The specimens examined showed a mean CL of
24.04 mm
(n =
8
males
;
1
female
). Species with rostrum of medium length, which modified the species diagnosis of
Bond-Buckup & Buckup (
1994
)
. PCW/FW ratio ranging from
1.90 to 2.12
, mean
1.97
; i.e., a narrow front. AL/AW ratio ranging from
1.52 to 1.85
, mean
1.61
; areola subquadrate.
New records
.
ARGENTINA
: Province of Mendoza: Rio Mendoza, with Ruta
7
, near to
10 km
of Upslatta.
32
º
41
'
24
"S
,
69
º
21
'
37
"W
;
1709 m
,
01.xii.
2001
(
UFRGS
3217, 4M,
2
F,
1
J); Frei L. Beltran, Finca Gune, Mendoza,
27
.ii.
1942
(
MLP
0 0 86, 1M,
2
F); Province of San Juan: watercourse of Água Negra, tributary of River Jachal, with Ruta
40
, at
7 km
of San Juan, San Juan Jachal.
30
º
19
'
59
"S
,
68
º
42
'
39
"W
;
1086 m
,
02.xii.
2001
(
UFRGS
3215, 2M,
3
F,
6
J); idem, ibidem (
UFRGS
3216, 1M,
4
F); River Jachal, near to Ruta
150
, with S.J. Jachal and Rodeo.
30
º
12
'
52
"S
,
69
º02'
14
"W
;
1476 m
,
02.xii.
2001
(
UFRGS
3223, 3M,
2
F).
Former distribution
.
ARGENTINA
: Southern San Juan Province, northwestern Mendoza Province (
Bond-Buckup & Buckup
1994
).
Present distribution
.
ARGENTINA
: Colorado River system in the provinces of San Juan and Mendoza.
Remarks.
The localities in San Juan Province are new records, and enlarge the geographical distribution of this species.