Semiterrestrial crabs of the genus Geosesarma De Man, 1892 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Sesarmidae) from western Borneo, Indonesia, with descriptions of three new species
Author
Ng, Peter K. L.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4048
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37
56
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4048.1.2
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Genus
Geosesarma
De Man, 1892
Type
species
.
Sesarma
(
Geosesarma
)
nodulifera
De Man, 1892
, subsequent designation by
Serène & Soh (1970)
.
Comparative material
. In addition to the
ZRC
material listed in Ng (1988, 1992, 1995a, b, 2002),
Ng & Grinang (2004)
and
Schubart & Ng (2014)
, the following additional material from Borneo, Riau Islands and
Singapore
was examined:
Geosesarma peraccae
(Nobili, 1903)
:
6 males
,
7 females
(
ZRC
), Greenbank Park, Bukit Timah,
Singapore
, coll. H.H. Tan & K.K.P. Lim,
7 May 1994
;
13 males
,
13 females
(
ZRC
1989.3786–3811), Nee Soon Swamp Forest, on grass verge next to pipeline,
Singapore
, coll. P.K.L. Ng,
28 December 1989
;
4 males
(largest 14.2 × 12.0 mm) (
ZRC
2010.324), Nee Soon Swamp Forest,
Singapore
, near pipeline, coll. P.K.L. Ng,
August 2010
.
Geosesarma sarawakense
(Serène, 1968)
:
holotype
male (11.8 ×
10.3 mm
) (
ZRC
1965.7.29.6), River Churat, Surakei (= Sarikei), Sibu,
Sarawak
,
Malaysia
, coll. 1948.
Geosesarma gracillimum
(De Man, 1902)
:
6 males
(largest 12.1 ×
11.8 mm
),
7 females
(largest 11.1 ×
10.4 mm
), 1 ovigerous female (12.0 ×
11.6 mm
) (
ZRC
2007.262), besides trail in Glen Forest, arboreal, Lambir National Park,
Sarawak
,
Malaysia
, coll. T.M. Leong
et al.
, 22, 23,
25 April 2007
;
1 female
(11.3 ×
11.1 mm
) (
ZRC
2011.031), on leaf, away from water, near termite mound, Lambir National Park, coll. H.S. Yong, 1995;
1 male
(12.9 ×
12.6 mm
) (
ZRC
2011.030), Niah National Park,
Sarawak
,
Malaysia
, coll. rangers,
19 February 2001
; 1 crushed male (roadkill) (
ZRC
2007.257), Bintulu, Samarahan Division,
Sarawak
,
Malaysia
, coll. T.M. Leong
14 April 2007
;
2 males
,
1 female
(
ZRC
2011.1023), near Pagon House, Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre,
Brunei
, coll. Samahan,
15 February 1993
;
1 male
,
3 females
(
ZRC
), forest floor, West Ridge, Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre,
Brunei
, in pitfall, coll. J.K. Charles,
7 February 1993
.
Geosesarma bau
Ng & Grinang, 2004
:
1
female (
ZRC
), in cup of
Nepenthes ampullaria
(Jack, 1835)
[Nepentheceae], Mount Santubong,
Sarawak
,
Malaysia
, coll. W. Denzer,
10 April 1992
;
1 female
(9.6 ×
9.3 mm
) (
ZRC
2002.0228), 10th mile rock, into Kuap,
1°25’8.9”N
110°20’52.9”E
,
Sarawak
,
Malaysia
, coll. P.K.L. Ng
et al.
,
5 September 1995
; 1 ovigerous female (11.2 ×
10.9 mm
) (
ZRC
1965.7.29.5), River Chuat, Sibu, near Sarikei,
Sarawak
,
Malaysia
, coll. 1948.