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(
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; 2AC; 3AD)
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material.
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,
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, Potaro-Siparuni Region, Kuribrong River,
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,
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, approximately 440 meters altitude, M.C. Folane et al. coll.,
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(
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32309).
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:
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cl 15,49 mm, cw
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(
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2051),
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cl
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, cw
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(
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24494), same data as
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.
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFDFFA2FF32FD2F97F7FCB0" bold="true" box="[199,471,762,787]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Comparative material.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFDFFA2FE2AFD2E952AFCB0" box="[479,778,763,787]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barinensis">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFDFFA2FE2AFD2E952AFCB0" box="[479,778,763,787]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Microthelphusa barinensis</emphasis>
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: male
<typeStatus id="610F883FFFFDFFA2FCADFD2F959DFCB0" box="[856,957,762,787]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
,
<collectingCountry id="C6A3760DFFFDFFA2FC3DFD2F921EFCB0" box="[968,1086,762,787]" name="Venezuela" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
, Barinas,
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, G. Rodríguez coll. and leg. (
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643);
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,
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<typeStatus id="610F883FFFFDFFA2FCFEFCCA9557FC94" box="[779,887,799,823]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
(
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643), same data.
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFDFFA2FB71FCCB93B4FC95" box="[1156,1428,798,822]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Microthelphusa bolivari</emphasis>
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: male
<typeStatus id="610F883FFFFDFFA2FF2DFC97971DFCF8" box="[216,317,834,859]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
,
<collectingCountry id="C6A3760DFFFDFFA2FEBEFC9797E1FCF8" box="[331,449,834,859]" name="Venezuela" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
, Bolivar, El Dorado-Santa Helena road, altitude
<quantity id="794C9B78FFFDFFA2FC0CFC979273FCF9" box="[1017,1107,834,859]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.35" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" unit="m" value="1350.0">1350 m</quantity>
,
<date id="CA0A105DFFFDFFA2FB97FC969309FCF8" box="[1122,1321,834,859]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" value="1972-10-24">24 October 1972</date>
, E. Sierra coll., G. Rodríguez leg. (
<collectionCode id="D8A5AE58FFFDFFA2FE58FCB297C8FCDC" box="[429,488,871,895]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/dp3p-k2i5" name="Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">IVIC</collectionCode>
644);
<specimenCount id="A8B2FD14FFFDFFA2FDC6FCB294A2FCDC" box="[563,642,870,895]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
, Bolívar, El Dorado-Santa Helena road, Km. 126, altitude
<quantity id="794C9B78FFFDFFA2FAEEFCB39354FCDD" box="[1307,1396,870,895]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" unit="m" value="1500.0">1500 m</quantity>
,
<date id="CA0A105DFFFDFFA2FA75FCB39739FC00" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" value="1973-04-16">16 April 1973</date>
, L. Andreani coll., G. Rodríguez leg. (
<collectionCode id="D8A5AE58FFFDFFA2FD13FC5E956AFC00" box="[742,842,907,931]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/4kc6-e4ia" name="Coleccion de Mastozoologia, Museo de Historia Natural de La Salle" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">MHNLS</collectionCode>
865).
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFDFFA2FC69FC5E928CFC00" box="[924,1196,907,931]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="forcarti">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFDFFA2FC69FC5E928CFC00" box="[924,1196,907,931]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Microthelphusa forcarti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
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,
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,
<collectingCountry id="C6A3760DFFFDFFA2FF62FC7B972DFC64" box="[151,269,942,967]" name="Venezuela" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
, Mérida, Tabay, Acequia Creek, altitude
<quantity id="794C9B78FFFDFFA2FD2DFC7A9508FC64" box="[728,808,943,967]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.71" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" unit="m" value="1710.0">1710m</quantity>
,
<date id="CA0A105DFFFDFFA2FCC1FC7A95D3FC64" box="[820,1011,942,967]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" value="1970-10-21">21 October 1970</date>
, G. Rodríguez coll., G. Rodríguez leg. (
<collectionCode id="D8A5AE58FFFDFFA2FF6BFC0696F9FC48" box="[158,217,979,1003]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/dp3p-k2i5" name="Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">IVIC</collectionCode>
not numbered).
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFDFFA2FE6FFC0694B1FC48" box="[410,657,979,1003]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lipkei">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFDFFA2FE6FFC0694B1FC48" box="[410,657,979,1003]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Microthelphusa lipkei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: male
<typeStatus id="610F883FFFFDFFA2FD16FC079568FC48" box="[739,840,978,1003]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
,
<collectingCountry id="C6A3760DFFFDFFA2FCA0FC0795BCFC48" box="[853,924,978,1003]" name="Brazil" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Brazil</collectingCountry>
, Amazonas state, Barcelos, Aracá mountain, Anta Creek,
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,
<geoCoordinate id="DB80505AFFFDFFA2FE36FC239478FBAD" box="[451,600,1014,1039]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" precision="15" value="-63.438614">63°26'19'' W</geoCoordinate>
, altitude
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,
<date id="CA0A105DFFFDFFA2FCC7FC22923BFBAC" box="[818,1051,1015,1039]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" value="2007-08-03" valueMax="2007-08-09" valueMin="2007-08-03">0309 August 2007</date>
, M. Moreira &amp; J.R. Andrade do Rosário coll., C. Magalhães leg. (
<collectionCode id="D8A5AE58FFFDFFA2FDE2FBCE9478FB90" box="[535,600,1051,1075]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/rm88-499z" name="Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">INPA</collectionCode>
1748).
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFDFFA2FD47FBCE959AFB91" box="[690,954,1051,1075]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="meansi">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFDFFA2FD47FBCE959AFB91" box="[690,954,1051,1075]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Microthelphusa meansi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: male
<typeStatus id="610F883FFFFDFFA2FBFEFBCF9250FB90" box="[1035,1136,1050,1075]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
,
<collectingCountry id="C6A3760DFFFDFFA2FB88FBCE92F7FB90" box="[1149,1239,1051,1075]" name="Guyana" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Guyana</collectingCountry>
, Potaro Siparuni, Wokomung Massif, middle camp,
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,
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, altitude
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,
<date id="CA0A105DFFFDFFA2FBEEFBEA9296FBF4" box="[1051,1206,1086,1111]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" value="2003-07-18">18 July 2003</date>
, D. Means coll., N. Cumberlidge leg. (
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1098372);
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<typeStatus id="610F883FFFFDFFA2FD7FFBB694CAFBD8" box="[650,746,1123,1147]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
(
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1098373), same data.
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFDFFA2FBB3FBB69377FBD9" box="[1094,1367,1123,1147]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="racenisi">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFDFFA2FBB3FBB69377FBD9" box="[1094,1367,1123,1147]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Microthelphusa racenisi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: male
<typeStatus id="610F883FFFFDFFA2FF62FB5396DCFB3C" box="[151,252,1158,1183]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, Aragua, Rancho Grande,
<date id="CA0A105DFFFDFFA2FDC5FB5394FEFB3C" box="[560,734,1158,1183]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" value="1949-08-05">5 August 1949</date>
, S. Racenis coll., G. Rodríguez leg. (
<collectionCode id="D8A5AE58FFFDFFA2FB79FB5292E7FB3C" box="[1164,1223,1159,1183]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/dp3p-k2i5" name="Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">IVIC</collectionCode>
647);
<specimenCount id="A8B2FD14FFFDFFA2FAE3FB5293A0FB3C" box="[1302,1408,1158,1183]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="male">10 males</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="A8B2FD14FFFDFFA2FA7BFB5296C6FB60" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
,
<collectingCountry id="C6A3760DFFFDFFA2FF01FB7F974AFB60" box="[244,362,1194,1219]" name="Venezuela" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
, Aragua, Rancho Grande, Cloroní road,
<date id="CA0A105DFFFDFFA2FCB7FB7E95D7FB60" box="[834,1015,1194,1219]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" value="1973-03-23">23 March 1973</date>
, Fihn coll., G. Rodríguez leg. (
<collectionCode id="D8A5AE58FFFDFFA2FA94FB7E93BCFB60" box="[1377,1436,1195,1219]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/dp3p-k2i5" name="Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">IVIC</collectionCode>
648).
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFDFFA2FF2CFB1B9425FB45" box="[217,517,1230,1254]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sucreensis">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFDFFA2FF2CFB1B9425FB45" box="[217,517,1230,1254]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Microthelphusa sucreensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: male
<typeStatus id="610F883FFFFDFFA2FDA6FB1B9498FB44" box="[595,696,1230,1255]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
,
<collectingCountry id="C6A3760DFFFDFFA2FD31FB1B951AFB44" box="[708,826,1230,1255]" name="Venezuela" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
, Sucre, Elvecia,
<date id="CA0A105DFFFDFFA2FC02FB1B9295FB44" box="[1015,1205,1230,1255]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" value="1930-01-15">15 January 1930</date>
, M. Netting coll., G. Rodríguez leg. (
<collectionCode id="D8A5AE58FFFDFFA2FEBEFB2697BEFAA8" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[331,414,1267,1291]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">USNM</collectionCode>
230091);
<specimenCount id="A8B2FD14FFFDFFA2FDE7FB26944CFAA8" box="[530,620,1266,1291]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="male">3 males</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="A8B2FD14FFFDFFA2FD8DFB2794F5FAA8" box="[632,725,1266,1291]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="female">1female</specimenCount>
, Monagas, Negro River, close to Serrania, altitude
<quantity id="794C9B78FFFDFFA2FAE0FB269350FAA9" box="[1301,1392,1267,1291]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.98" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" unit="m" value="1980.0">1980 m</quantity>
.,
<date id="CA0A105DFFFDFFA2FA75FB269771FA8C" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" value="1993-11-18">18 November 1993</date>
, A. Viloria coll., G. Rodríguez leg. (
<collectionCode id="D8A5AE58FFFDFFA2FD00FAC29510FA8C" box="[757,816,1303,1327]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/dp3p-k2i5" name="Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">IVIC</collectionCode>
1087).
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFDFFA2FC7EFAC39297FA8D" box="[907,1207,1302,1326]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="turumikiri">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFDFFA2FC7EFAC39297FA8D" box="[907,1207,1302,1326]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Microthelphusa turumikiri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
<specimenCount id="A8B2FD14FFFDFFA2FB3DFAC39300FA8C" box="[1224,1312,1302,1327]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="male">5 males</specimenCount>
<typeStatus id="610F883FFFFDFFA2FADFFAC293B8FA8C" box="[1322,1432,1303,1327]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
,
<collectingCountry id="C6A3760DFFFDFFA2FF62FAEF972DFAF0" box="[151,269,1338,1363]" name="Venezuela" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
, Sucre, Turumiquiri hill, altitude
<quantity id="794C9B78FFFDFFA2FD72FAEF94C0FAF1" box="[647,736,1338,1363]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" unit="m" value="1500.0">1500 m</quantity>
,
<date id="CA0A105DFFFDFFA2FD19FAEE95A6FAF0" box="[748,902,1338,1363]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" value="1968-06-23">23 June 1968</date>
, A. Rivero coll., G. Rodríguez leg. (
<collectionCode id="D8A5AE58FFFDFFA2FAEAFAEE937AFAF0" box="[1311,1370,1339,1363]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/dp3p-k2i5" name="Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">IVIC</collectionCode>
649).
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFDFFA2FF62FA8B9781FAD5" box="[151,417,1374,1398]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="viloriai">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFDFFA2FF62FA8B9781FAD5" box="[151,417,1374,1398]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Microthelphusa viloriai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: male holoype,
<collectingCountry id="C6A3760DFFFDFFA2FDA3FA8B94ECFAD4" box="[598,716,1374,1399]" name="Venezuela" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
, Trujillo, Santa Ana Creek, altitude
<quantity id="794C9B78FFFDFFA2FB94FA8B9291FAD4" box="[1121,1201,1374,1399]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" unit="m" value="1500.0">1500m</quantity>
,
<date id="CA0A105DFFFDFFA2FB48FA8A93B8FAD4" box="[1213,1432,1374,1399]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" value="1989-11-30">30 November 1989</date>
, J. Moscó et al. coll., H. Suárez leg. (
<collectionCode id="D8A5AE58FFFDFFA2FDC6FA56944EFA38" box="[563,622,1411,1435]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/dp3p-k2i5" name="Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">IVIC</collectionCode>
1129);
<specimenCount id="A8B2FD14FFFDFFA2FD33FA579500FA38" box="[710,800,1410,1435]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="male">5 males</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="A8B2FD14FFFDFFA2FCD9FA579589FA38" box="[812,937,1410,1435]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="juvenile">6 juveniles</specimenCount>
, Trujillo, El Rincón Creek, altitude
<quantity id="794C9B78FFFDFFA2FAB5FA5793B7FA39" box="[1344,1431,1410,1435]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.55" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" unit="m" value="1550.0">1550 m</quantity>
,
<date id="CA0A105DFFFDFFA2FF62FA72974FFA1C" box="[151,367,1446,1471]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" value="1991-11-11">11 November 1991</date>
, A. Viloria et al. coll., H. Suárez leg. (
<collectionCode id="D8A5AE58FFFDFFA2FCE2FA729572FA1C" box="[791,850,1447,1471]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/dp3p-k2i5" name="Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">IVIC</collectionCode>
1130).
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFDFFA2FC52FA7392E3FA1D" box="[935,1219,1446,1470]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wymanni">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFDFFA2FC52FA7392E3FA1D" box="[935,1219,1446,1470]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Microthelphusa wymanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
<specimenCount id="A8B2FD14FFFDFFA2FB24FA72933EFA1C" box="[1233,1310,1446,1471]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
,
<collectingCountry id="C6A3760DFFFDFFA2FADCFA7393B7FA1C" box="[1321,1431,1446,1471]" name="Suriname" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Suriname</collectingCountry>
, Brownsberg Nature Preserve Park, Witti Creek, 0
<date id="CA0A105DFFFDFFA2FD23FA1F958AFA40" box="[726,938,1482,1507]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" value="1977-09-05">5 September 1977</date>
, R. Sawyer coll., M. Campos det. (
<collectionCode id="D8A5AE58FFFDFFA2FABCFA1E93BCFA40" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[1353,1436,1483,1507]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">USNM</collectionCode>
1155132);
<specimenCount id="A8B2FD14FFFDFFA2FEE0FA3A9746F9A4" box="[277,358,1518,1543]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
<typeStatus id="610F883FFFFDFFA2FE86FA3A97EDF9A4" box="[371,461,1519,1543]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
,
<collectingCountry id="C6A3760DFFFDFFA2FE2BFA3B946CF9A4" box="[478,588,1518,1543]" name="Suriname" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Suriname</collectingCountry>
, M. J. Rathbun det. (
<collectionCode id="D8A5AE58FFFDFFA2FCA5FA3A9583F9A4" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[848,931,1519,1543]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">USNM</collectionCode>
29975);
<specimenCount id="A8B2FD14FFFDFFA2FBE6FA3A925FF9A4" box="[1043,1151,1518,1543]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="male">10 males</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="A8B2FD14FFFDFFA2FB65FA3A9325F9A4" box="[1168,1285,1518,1543]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="female">7 females</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="A8B2FD14FFFDFFA2FAE0FA3B93B8F9A4" box="[1301,1432,1518,1543]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="juvenile">5 juveniles</specimenCount>
,
<collectingCountry id="C6A3760DFFFDFFA2FF62F9C79725F988" box="[151,261,1554,1579]" name="Suriname" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Suriname</collectingCountry>
, Brownsberg Nature Preserve Park, Mazoroni Creek, 100 Km from Paramaribo,
<date id="CA0A105DFFFDFFA2FB3AF9C69352F988" box="[1231,1394,1555,1579]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" value="1977-05-10">10 May 1977</date>
, G. Rodríguez leg. (
<collectionCode id="D8A5AE58FFFDFFA2FEBFF9E297A5F9EC" box="[330,389,1591,1615]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/dp3p-k2i5" name="Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">IVIC</collectionCode>
1079).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F6AE6516FFFDFFA2FF32F98F9338F97C" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="BE0B369DFFFDFFA2FF32F98F9338F97C" blockId="1.[151,1437,618,2011]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFDFFA2FF32F98F9761F9D0" bold="true" box="[199,321,1626,1651]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Apical plate plate of first gonopod distally produced into well-developed, wide, rounded lobe tapering abruptly laterodistally, ending in well-defined triangular lobe; mesial process deeply furcate; caudal and cephalic lobes nearly equal in length; caudal surface of apical plate provided with spinules; proximal spine-like outgrowth on mesial margin of apical plate absent; apical plate and mesial process nearly equal in size.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F6AE6516FFFDFFA6FF32F93F959FFBDE" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="272" pageId="1" pageNumber="268" type="description">
<paragraph id="BE0B369DFFFDFFA1FF32F93F97C6FEC7" blockId="1.[151,1437,618,2011]" lastBlockId="2.[151,1437,151,680]" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="269" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFDFFA2FF32F93F97C5F8A0" bold="true" box="[199,485,1770,1795]" pageId="1" pageNumber="268">
Description of
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.
</emphasis>
Carapace dorsal surface smooth, moderately convex, regions barely defined; gastric pits almost obsolete. Cervical groove nearly straight, faint proximally, deep terminally, ending just before anterolateral margin. Postfrontal lobules small, poorly defined; median groove indistinct between postfrontal lobes; fronto-orbital region slightly bent anteriorly. Branchial region distinctly convex, covered with small rounded granules. Anterolateral margin fringed with small, anteriorly-directed tubercles almost evenly spaced. Posterolateral margin poorly defined, with minute sparse granules; molting suture well distinct. Front upper border clearly distinct, uninterrupted, fringed with minute granules; frontal margin carinate, strongly sinuous in frontal view, lined with minute papillae. Supra-, infraorbital margins lined with small tubercles; infraorbital margin strongly marginated, sloping mesialy; exorbital angle prominent, obtuse. Inner orbital tooth well developed, broad triangular, lobe-like, partially occluding orbital cavity. Subhepatic region with well spaced, small, rounded granules almost reaching to anterolateral margin of carapace. Pterystogomial regions covered by short pubescence. Mxp3 dactylus rather flattened dorsoventrally, concave ventrally; propodus, carpus subcylindric; carpus-propodus mesial, lateral margins heavily setate.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BE0B369DFFFEFFA1FF32FEA592BDFD0B" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,680]" pageId="2" pageNumber="269">Mxp3 merus rimmed with distinctly carina, markedly shorter than ischium, about 0.71 times its length; posteromesial border with subquadrate, dentate, setate lobe; lobe grooved to receive folded dactylus. Mxp3 ischium visibly wider than merus; mesial edge setate, dentate terminally, teeth subquadrate, corneous proximally; lateral margin convex. Mxp3 exopod distinctly short, reaching to about 0,34 times length of lateral margin of ischium. Opening of efferent branchial channel large, devoided of setae; upper margin subcircular, complete; lower margin interrupted; channel closed ventrally by large lamellar scaphognathite. Epistome distinctly short, wide, deeply grooved transversally, upper margin straight, strongly carinate; lower margin deeply sinuous to receive folded mxp3 palp, broad triangular epistomial tooth in center filling gap between joining palps. Mandibular palp three-segmented, terminal segment inserted near mid-length of mesial surface of segment 2.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BE0B369DFFFEFFA1FF62F9F494EBF930" blockId="2.[151,1436,1569,1683]" pageId="2" pageNumber="269">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFEFFA1FF62F9F49735F995" bold="true" box="[151,277,1569,1591]" pageId="2" pageNumber="269">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
AE,
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFEFFA1FEAEF9F4946EF994" box="[347,590,1569,1591]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="269">Microthelphusa furcifer</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFEFFA1FDA2F9F794B2F994" bold="true" box="[599,658,1570,1591]" pageId="2" pageNumber="269">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, male paratype (MZUSP 24494). A, body, dorsal view. B, ventral view of cephalothorax. C, frontal view of cephalothorax. D, lateral view of the chela of the right cheliped chela. E, lateral view of the left cheliped chela. CxP4, coxa of pereopod 4. G1, first gonopod. G2, second gonopod. P, penis. St4-8, thoracic sternites 4 to 8. Scale bars A, 10 mm; B, E 5.5 mm; C, 5 mm; D, 7 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="BE0B369DFFFEFFA6FF32F96E97EBFEE3" blockId="2.[151,1437,1723,2036]" lastBlockId="5.[151,1437,151,2013]" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="272" pageId="2" pageNumber="269">
Major cheliped missing. Chelipeds noticeably heterochelous, similarly armed, right cheliped largest (as revealed by
<typeStatus id="610F883FFFFEFFA1FED6F90A97B3F954" box="[291,403,1759,1783]" pageId="2" pageNumber="269" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
). Merus of minor cheliped subtriangular in cross-section, upper margin heavily crenulated; upper lateral surface scarcely squamose, lower lateral surface with indistinct low squamiform tubercles; ventromesial, ventrolateral margins toothed, teeth larger on ventromesial margin. Upper surface of carpus with low squamiform tubercles arranged in subparallel transversal ridges; mesial margin toothed, teeth increasing in size anteriorly. Propodus upper surface with low squamiform tubercles extending onto proximal dorsal surface of dactylus; lateral surface smooth in appearance, minutely punctate; mesial, ventral surfaces with sparse low squamiform tubercles; lateral, mesial surfaces of fixed, movable fingers; ventral, dorsal surfaces of fixed, movable fingers, respectively, with setigerous punctations arranged in longitudinal subparallel lines. Cutting edges of fingers with small, massive teeth; fingers gaping medially, proximally, closing terminally. P2P5 slender, P3 longest, P5 shortest; meri, carpi, propodi massive, dactili noticeably slender, with 5 longitudinal rows of strong acute spines: 3 dorsal, 2 ventral; propodi with minute scattered spines dorsally, ventrally; laterally punctate, mesially smooth; carpi minutely spinous dorsally, punctate laterally, smooth mesially, ventrally; meri crenulate dorsally, otherwise smooth.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BE0B369DFFFFFFA0FF62F88B9402F84D" blockId="3.[151,1436,1886,2030]" pageId="3" pageNumber="270">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFFFFA0FF62F88B9732F8D0" bold="true" box="[151,274,1886,1908]" pageId="3" pageNumber="270">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
AC,
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFFFFA0FEA1F88B9464F8D7" box="[340,580,1886,1908]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="270">Microthelphusa furcifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFFFFA0FDBCF88B94A2F8D0" bold="true" box="[585,642,1886,1907]" pageId="3" pageNumber="270">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, male holotype cl 16.01, cw 25.03 mm (MZUSP 32309). DF,
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFFFFA0FB09F88B93BBF8D7" box="[1276,1435,1886,1908]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="270">Microthelphusa</emphasis>
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFFFFA0FF62F8AB96FFF830" box="[151,223,1918,1939]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="270">meansi</emphasis>
Cumberlidge, 2007
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, male holotype cl 13.5 mm cw 22.5 mm (USNM 1098372). AF, left first gonopod: AD, caudal view; BE, detail of distal part, lateral view; CF, detail of distal part, cephalic view. Abbreviations: ap, apical plate; cl, caudal lobe; cpl, cephalic lobe; fas, field of apical spines; ml, marginal lobe; mp, mesial process; ms, marginal suture; smc, semicircular process. Scale bars 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="BE0B369DFFF8FFA7FF62F877971CF856" blockId="4.[151,1437,1954,2037]" pageId="4" pageNumber="271">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF8FFA7FF62F8779733F814" bold="true" box="[151,275,1954,1976]" pageId="4" pageNumber="271">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
AD,
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF8FFA7FEACF877946AF81B" box="[345,586,1954,1976]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="271">Microthelphusa furcifer</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF8FFA7FDA4F87794ABF814" bold="true" box="[593,651,1954,1975]" pageId="4" pageNumber="271">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, male holotype cl 16.01, cw 25.03 mm (MZUSP 32309). Left first gonopod: A, caudal view; B, detail of distal part, lateral view; C, detail of distal part, mesial view. D, detail of distal part, cephalic view. Scale bar 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="BE0B369DFFF9FFA6FF32FE99930AFE56" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">Thoracic sternum rather longer than broad; sternal sutures 4/5 to 6/7 well marked, interrupted medially, ending just before reaching median line of thoracic sternum; sternal suture 7/8 well marked, uninterrupted; median line prolonging from sternite 4 to 8, deeper at interception with sternal suture 7/8; episternites 46 triangular posteriorly, episternite 7 posteriorly truncate. Sterno-abdominal cavity deeply excavated, scarcely pubescent, pubescence rather long; tubercle of the abdominal holding system minute, placed near sternal suture 5/6.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BE0B369DFFF9FFA6FF32FE2A95D4FD0B" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">Male abdomen with 6 somites, telson, triangular in shape, tapering progressively from third somite onward, margins scarcely pubescent, sutures between somites well distinct, complete; third somite widest, sixth longest with ventrolongitudinal ridge anterolaterally, ridge heavily setate. Telson broadly triangular, lateral margins distinctly crenulated. Penis noticeably long, emerging from nearby coxo-sternal condyle articulation, located in shallow depression on sternite 8, proximally thick, abruptly tapering distally.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BE0B369DFFF9FFA6FF32FD61959FFBDE" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">G1 straight, columnar, almost as wide proximally as distally; large proximal semicircular process expanding mesially in cephalic view. Marginal suture rather straight, subparallel to longitudinal axis, slightly displaced toward mesial side in caudal view; row of long setae about midlength of caudal surface longitudinal axis between marginal, lateral sutures in caudal view. Lateral suture deep, extending 2/3 of gonopod length from proximal to terminal portions. Marginal lobe short, broadly triangular, separated from lateral surface by deep notch, slightly extending beyond spermatic channel. Field of dense apical spines, stretching diagonally to longitudinal axis, delimited laterally by caudal, cephalic lobes. Spermatic channel opening proximally in the field of apical spines, near convergence of marginal, cephalic lobes. Apical plate distally produced into a well-developed, wide, rounded lobe. Caudal, cephalic lobes nearly equal in length, separated by deep notch. Apical plate with distinct process tapering abruptly laterodistally ending in well-defined triangular lobe, slightly twisted to cephalic side apically in lateral view. Proximal spine-like outgrowth on mesial margin of apical plate absent. Caudal surface of apical plate provided spinous. Mesial process deeply furcate. G2 straight, almost as long as G1, conspicuously slender, distal 3/ 4 tapered; tip flattened, with numerous short spinules on sternal surface.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BE0B369DFFF9FFA6FF32FB5293B5FB03" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[199,1429,1159,1184]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FF32FB529741FB03" bold="true" box="[199,353,1159,1184]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">
<typeStatus id="610F883FFFF9FFA6FF32FB529721FB03" box="[199,257,1159,1184]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">Type</typeStatus>
locality.
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<collectingCountry id="C6A3760DFFF9FFA6FE9DFB5D97E0FB03" box="[360,448,1160,1184]" name="Guyana" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">Guyana</collectingCountry>
, Potaro-Siparuni region, Kuribrong River,
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,
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, 440 meters of altitude.
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<subSubSection id="F6AE6516FFF9FFA6FF32FB79957AFB66" box="[199,858,1196,1221]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="BE0B369DFFF9FFA6FF32FB79957AFB66" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[199,858,1196,1221]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FF32FB799740FB66" bold="true" box="[199,352,1196,1221]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">Distribution.</emphasis>
Presently known only from the
<typeStatus id="610F883FFFF9FFA6FD3CFB7894D9FB66" box="[713,761,1197,1221]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">type</typeStatus>
locality.
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<subSubSection id="F6AE6516FFF9FFA6FF32FB1A95B7FAAF" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="BE0B369DFFF9FFA6FF32FB1A95B7FAAF" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FF32FB1A976EFB4B" bold="true" box="[199,334,1231,1256]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">Etymology.</emphasis>
From the Latin
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FDE6FB059446FB4B" box="[531,614,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">furcifer</emphasis>
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for &quot;fork-bearing&quot;, in allusion to the morphology of the G1, which is characterised by a mesial process having a deeply furcate distal part.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="F6AE6516FFF9FFA6FF32FAC2945DFA46" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="BE0B369DFFF9FFA6FF32FAC2945DFA46" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FF32FAC2971BFA93" bold="true" box="[199,315,1303,1328]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">Remarks.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FEB1FACD9472FA93" box="[324,594,1304,1328]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="furcifer" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FEB1FACD9472FA93" box="[324,594,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">Microthelphusa furcifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FDA9FAC294BEFA93" bold="true" box="[604,670,1303,1328]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">n. sp.</emphasis>
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is herein assigned to the genus
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FBE3FACD92E6FA93" box="[1046,1222,1304,1328]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FBE3FACD92E6FA93" box="[1046,1222,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">Microthelphusa</emphasis>
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, whose diagnostic characters (cf.
<bibRefCitation id="DA254B6CFFF9FFA6FEB1FAE99423FAF7" author="Rodriguez" box="[324,515,1340,1365]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" refString="Rodriguez, G. (1982) Les crabes d'eau douce d'Amerique. Famille des Pseudothelphusidae. Faune Tropicale, 22, 1 - 223. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1163 / 193724094 x 00588" type="journal article" year="1982">Rodríguez, 1982</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="DA254B6CFFF9FFA6FDB4FAE994FAFAF6" author="Suarez" box="[577,730,1340,1365]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" refString="Suarez, H. (2006) New species of freshwater crab from Venezuela and redescription of Microthelphusa rodriguezi Pretzmann, 1968 (Brachyura: Pseudothelphusoidea: Pseudothelphusidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 26 (2), 242 - 247. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1651 / s- 2641.1" type="journal article" year="2006">Suárez, 2006</bibRefCitation>
) are readily recognized in the new species, namely, a mxp3 exopod that is about 1/3 the length of the ischium and a straight and short G1 having a field of apical spines stretching diagonally to the longitudinal axis of the gonopod. The mesial process of G1 is also large, flattened, distally triangular and the inferior margin lobular. Its mesial process is distinctly separated from the apical plate and the marginal lobe joins with the distal lobe.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F6AE6516FFF9FFA5FF32FA259431F93B" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="273" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="BE0B369DFFF9FFA5FF32FA2592E0FE0F" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,2013]" lastBlockId="6.[151,1436,151,429]" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="273" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FF32FA2597F6F9AB" ID-CoL="438FT" box="[199,470,1520,1544]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="furcifer" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FF32FA2597F6F9AB" box="[199,470,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">Microthelphusa furcifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FE14FA3A943DF9AB" bold="true" box="[481,541,1519,1544]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">n. sp</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FDC2FA249490F9A4" box="[567,688,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. meansi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FD1AFA2495ADF9AB" ID-CoL="438G4" box="[751,909,1520,1544]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rodriguezi">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FD1AFA2495ADF9AB" box="[751,909,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. rodriguezi</emphasis>
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are unique in the genus in having a distinct laterodistal process emerging from the G1 apical plate, which is absent in all other presently known congeners. The new species can be readily separated from all congeners by having a G1 mesial process that is deeply furcate (
<figureCitation id="268F2A18FFF9FFA6FA91F9E296C3F9D7" captionStart="FIGURE 2. A C" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1886,1908]" captionTargetBox="[246,1332,188,1862]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[229,1357,183,1869]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. A C, Microthelphusa furcifer n. sp., male holotype cl 16.01, cw 25.03 mm (MZUSP 32309). D F, Microthelphusa meansi Cumberlidge, 2007, male holotype cl 13.5 mm cw 22.5 mm (USNM 1098372). A F, left first gonopod: A D, caudal view; B E, detail of distal part, lateral view; C F, detail of distal part, cephalic view. Abbreviations: ap, apical plate; cl, caudal lobe; cpl, cephalic lobe; fas, field of apical spines; ml, marginal lobe; mp, mesial process; ms, marginal suture; smc, semicircular process. Scale bars 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226985/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">Figs. 2A, C</figureCitation>
; 3A, CD), whereas in
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FDFCF98894A4F9D7" ID-CoL="438FZ" box="[521,644,1629,1652]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="meansi">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FDFCF98894A4F9D7" box="[521,644,1629,1652]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. meansi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the mesial process is broadly furcate and entire in the remaining congeners.
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FEE3F9559400F93B" ID-CoL="438FT" box="[278,544,1664,1688]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="furcifer" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FEE3F9559400F93B" box="[278,544,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">Microthelphusa furcifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FDD3F9AA947DF93B" bold="true" box="[550,605,1663,1688]" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">n. sp</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
also differs from particular congeners by having the: (1) the distal margin of the process of the apical plate tapering abruptly laterodistally to end in a well-defined triangular lobe (
<figureCitation id="268F2A18FFF9FFA6FA91F97196FDF943" captionStart="FIGURE 2. A C" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1886,1908]" captionTargetBox="[246,1332,188,1862]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[229,1357,183,1869]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. A C, Microthelphusa furcifer n. sp., male holotype cl 16.01, cw 25.03 mm (MZUSP 32309). D F, Microthelphusa meansi Cumberlidge, 2007, male holotype cl 13.5 mm cw 22.5 mm (USNM 1098372). A F, left first gonopod: A D, caudal view; B E, detail of distal part, lateral view; C F, detail of distal part, cephalic view. Abbreviations: ap, apical plate; cl, caudal lobe; cpl, cephalic lobe; fas, field of apical spines; ml, marginal lobe; mp, mesial process; ms, marginal suture; smc, semicircular process. Scale bars 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226985/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">Figs. 2AC</figureCitation>
; 3AD) (tapering progressively laterodistally to end in a poorly-defined, broad triangle in
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FB3EF91C9344F943" ID-CoL="438G4" box="[1227,1380,1736,1760]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rodriguezi">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FB3EF91C9344F943" box="[1227,1380,1736,1760]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. rodriguezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); (2) G1 apical plate distally produced into a well-developed, wide, rounded lobe (
<figureCitation id="268F2A18FFF9FFA6FBF1F93992ABF8A7" box="[1028,1163,1772,1797]" captionStart="FIGURE 2. A C" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1886,1908]" captionTargetBox="[246,1332,188,1862]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[229,1357,183,1869]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. A C, Microthelphusa furcifer n. sp., male holotype cl 16.01, cw 25.03 mm (MZUSP 32309). D F, Microthelphusa meansi Cumberlidge, 2007, male holotype cl 13.5 mm cw 22.5 mm (USNM 1098372). A F, left first gonopod: A D, caudal view; B E, detail of distal part, lateral view; C F, detail of distal part, cephalic view. Abbreviations: ap, apical plate; cl, caudal lobe; cpl, cephalic lobe; fas, field of apical spines; ml, marginal lobe; mp, mesial process; ms, marginal suture; smc, semicircular process. Scale bars 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226985/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">Figs. 2AC</figureCitation>
; 3AD) (narrow lobe in
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FF62F8C49737F88B" ID-CoL="438FR" box="[151,279,1808,1832]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bolivari">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FF62F8C49737F88B" box="[151,279,1808,1832]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. bolivari</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FED2F8C49793F88B" ID-CoL="438G2" box="[295,435,1808,1832]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="odaelkae">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FED2F8C49793F88B" box="[295,435,1808,1832]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. odaelkae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FE36F8C49470F884" box="[451,592,1808,1832]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sommani">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FE36F8C49470F884" box="[451,592,1808,1832]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. sommani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FD95F8C494D8F88B" ID-CoL="438G8" box="[608,760,1808,1832]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="turumikiri">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FD95F8C494D8F88B" box="[608,760,1808,1832]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. turumikiri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FCCFF8C49599F884" ID-CoL="6RK3F" box="[826,953,1808,1832]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wymani">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FCCFF8C49599F884" box="[826,953,1808,1832]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. wymani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); (3) G1 caudal and cephalic lobes nearly equal in length (
<figureCitation id="268F2A18FFF9FFA6FEB8F8E19790F8EF" box="[333,432,1844,1869]" captionStart="FIGURE 2. A C" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1886,1908]" captionTargetBox="[246,1332,188,1862]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[229,1357,183,1869]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. A C, Microthelphusa furcifer n. sp., male holotype cl 16.01, cw 25.03 mm (MZUSP 32309). D F, Microthelphusa meansi Cumberlidge, 2007, male holotype cl 13.5 mm cw 22.5 mm (USNM 1098372). A F, left first gonopod: A D, caudal view; B E, detail of distal part, lateral view; C F, detail of distal part, cephalic view. Abbreviations: ap, apical plate; cl, caudal lobe; cpl, cephalic lobe; fas, field of apical spines; ml, marginal lobe; mp, mesial process; ms, marginal suture; smc, semicircular process. Scale bars 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226985/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">Figs. 2B</figureCitation>
; 3B) (distinctly unequal in length in
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FCBEF8E095C5F8EF" box="[843,997,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. barinensis</emphasis>
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,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FC06F8E09252F8EF" ID-CoL="438FR" box="[1011,1138,1844,1868]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bolivari">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FC06F8E09252F8EF" box="[1011,1138,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. bolivari</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FB8AF8E092D9F8EF" ID-CoL="438FS" box="[1151,1273,1844,1868]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="forcarti">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FB8AF8E092D9F8EF" box="[1151,1273,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. forcarti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FAF2F8E0934FF8EF" ID-CoL="6RJRF" box="[1287,1391,1845,1868]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ginesi">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FAF2F8E0934FF8EF" box="[1287,1391,1845,1868]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. ginesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FA88F8E096DCF8D3" ID-CoL="438G2" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="odaelkae">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FA88F8E096DCF8D3" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. odaelkae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FEF8F88C97B0F8CC" ID-CoL="438G3" box="[269,400,1880,1904]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="racenisi">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FEF8F88C97B0F8CC" box="[269,400,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. racenisi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FE57F88C941FF8CC" ID-CoL="438G7" box="[418,575,1880,1904]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sucreensis">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FE57F88C941FF8CC" box="[418,575,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. sucreensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FDA5F88C94CBF8D3" ID-CoL="438G8" box="[592,747,1880,1904]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="turumikiri">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FDA5F88C94CBF8D3" box="[592,747,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. turumikiri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FD09F88C9557F8D3" ID-CoL="438G9" box="[764,887,1880,1904]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="viloriai">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FD09F88C9557F8D3" box="[764,887,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. viloriai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FC40F88C9215F8CC" ID-CoL="6RK3F" box="[949,1077,1880,1904]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wymani">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FC40F88C9215F8CC" box="[949,1077,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. wymani</emphasis>
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); (4) caudal surface of the G1 apical plate provided with spinules (
<figureCitation id="268F2A18FFF9FFA6FDC0F8A994BBF837" box="[565,667,1916,1941]" captionStart="FIGURE 2. A C" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1886,1908]" captionTargetBox="[246,1332,188,1862]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[229,1357,183,1869]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. A C, Microthelphusa furcifer n. sp., male holotype cl 16.01, cw 25.03 mm (MZUSP 32309). D F, Microthelphusa meansi Cumberlidge, 2007, male holotype cl 13.5 mm cw 22.5 mm (USNM 1098372). A F, left first gonopod: A D, caudal view; B E, detail of distal part, lateral view; C F, detail of distal part, cephalic view. Abbreviations: ap, apical plate; cl, caudal lobe; cpl, cephalic lobe; fas, field of apical spines; ml, marginal lobe; mp, mesial process; ms, marginal suture; smc, semicircular process. Scale bars 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226985/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">Figs. 2A</figureCitation>
; 3A) (spinules absent in
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FC4DF8A89274F837" box="[952,1108,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. barinensis</emphasis>
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,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FB96F8A892C3F837" ID-CoL="438FR" box="[1123,1251,1916,1940]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bolivari">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FB96F8A892C3F837" box="[1123,1251,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. bolivari</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FB06F8A8934EF837" ID-CoL="438FS" box="[1267,1390,1916,1940]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="forcarti">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FB06F8A8934EF837" box="[1267,1390,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. forcarti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FA88F8A896FAF81B" ID-CoL="6RJRF" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ginesi">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FA88F8A896FAF81B" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. ginesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FF1EF874974EF81B" ID-CoL="438G3" box="[235,366,1953,1976]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="racenisi">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FF1EF874974EF81B" box="[235,366,1953,1976]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. racenisi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FE8AF874943BF81B" ID-CoL="438G7" box="[383,539,1953,1976]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sucreensis">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FE8AF874943BF81B" box="[383,539,1953,1976]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. sucreensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FDD9F874949AF81B" box="[556,698,1953,1976]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sommani">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FDD9F874949AF81B" box="[556,698,1953,1976]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. sommani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FD3EF8749545F81B" ID-CoL="438G8" box="[715,869,1952,1976]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="turumikiri">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FD3EF8749545F81B" box="[715,869,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. turumikiri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FC83F87495D2F81B" ID-CoL="438G9" box="[886,1010,1952,1976]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="viloriai">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FC83F87495D2F81B" box="[886,1010,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. viloriai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FBF7F87492BDF81B" ID-CoL="438G8" box="[1026,1181,1952,1976]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="turumikiri">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FBF7F87492BDF81B" box="[1026,1181,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. turumikiri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFF9FFA6FB15F8749340F81B" ID-CoL="6RK3F" box="[1248,1376,1953,1976]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="272" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wymani">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFF9FFA6FB15F8749340F81B" box="[1248,1376,1953,1976]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="272">M. wymani</emphasis>
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); (5) absence of the proximal spine-like outgrowth on the mesial margin of the G1 apical plate (
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; 3A) (spine-like outgrowth present in
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FE7FFF4C9405FF13" box="[394,549,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. barinensis</emphasis>
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,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FDC0FF4C9495FF13" ID-CoL="438FR" box="[565,693,152,176]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bolivari">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FDC0FF4C9495FF13" box="[565,693,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. bolivari</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FD31FF4C9509FF13" ID-CoL="438FW" box="[708,809,152,176]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lipkei">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FD31FF4C9509FF13" box="[708,809,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. lipkei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FCCDFF4C95E4FF0C" box="[824,964,152,176]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sommani">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FCCDFF4C95E4FF0C" box="[824,964,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. sommani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FBF1FF4C92A2FF0C" ID-CoL="6RK3F" box="[1028,1154,152,176]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wymani">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FBF1FF4C92A2FF0C" box="[1028,1154,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. wymani</emphasis>
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); (6) the G1 apical plate and mesial process nearly equal in size (
<figureCitation id="268F2A18FFFAFFA5FD8DFF699525FF77" box="[632,773,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 2. A C" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1886,1908]" captionTargetBox="[246,1332,188,1862]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[229,1357,183,1869]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. A C, Microthelphusa furcifer n. sp., male holotype cl 16.01, cw 25.03 mm (MZUSP 32309). D F, Microthelphusa meansi Cumberlidge, 2007, male holotype cl 13.5 mm cw 22.5 mm (USNM 1098372). A F, left first gonopod: A D, caudal view; B E, detail of distal part, lateral view; C F, detail of distal part, cephalic view. Abbreviations: ap, apical plate; cl, caudal lobe; cpl, cephalic lobe; fas, field of apical spines; ml, marginal lobe; mp, mesial process; ms, marginal suture; smc, semicircular process. Scale bars 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226985/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Figs. 2A, C</figureCitation>
; 3A, D) (distinctly unequal in size in
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FB38FF68934BFF77" box="[1229,1387,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. barinensis</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FA88FF6896CBFF5B" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. forcarti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FF0CFF349742FF54" ID-CoL="6RJRF" box="[249,354,224,248]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ginesi">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FF0CFF349742FF54" box="[249,354,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. ginesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FE9AFF3497F3FF5B" ID-CoL="438FW" box="[367,467,224,248]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lipkei">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FE9AFF3497F3FF5B" box="[367,467,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. lipkei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FE14FF349475FF54" ID-CoL="438FZ" box="[481,597,224,248]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="meansi">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FE14FF349475FF54" box="[481,597,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. meansi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FD91FF3494CEFF5B" ID-CoL="438G2" box="[612,750,224,248]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="odaelkae">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FD91FF3494CEFF5B" box="[612,750,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. odaelkae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FD09FF34955BFF54" ID-CoL="438G3" box="[764,891,224,248]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="racenisi">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FD09FF34955BFF54" box="[764,891,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. racenisi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FC7FFF349203FF54" ID-CoL="438G7" box="[906,1059,224,248]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sucreensis">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FC7FFF349203FF54" box="[906,1059,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. sucreensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FBC5FF3492E8FF5B" ID-CoL="438G8" box="[1072,1224,224,248]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="turumikiri">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FBC5FF3492E8FF5B" box="[1072,1224,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. turumikiri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FAF0FF34935CFF5B" ID-CoL="438G9" box="[1285,1404,224,248]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="viloriai">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FAF0FF34935CFF5B" box="[1285,1404,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. viloriai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FF62FED19781FEBF" ID-CoL="438FT" box="[151,417,260,284]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="furcifer" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FF62FED19781FEBF" box="[151,417,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Microthelphusa furcifer</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FE5CFED197C1FEBE" bold="true" box="[425,481,260,285]" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">n. sp</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FDD5FED094B4FEBF" box="[544,660,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. meansi</emphasis>
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occur both in the Potaro-Siparuni Region (
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Shield), although separated by very different altitudes (
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and
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, respectively). The species of
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FB9CFEFD9339FEE3" box="[1129,1305,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Microthelphusa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are usually highly endemic, restricted to highlands and with remarkably narrow geographic and altitudinal ranges (
<bibRefCitation id="DA254B6CFFFAFFA5FAD4FE9996F3FE2B" author="Magalhaes" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" refString="Magalhaes, C. (2010) A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Microthelphusa (Decapoda, Pseudothelphusidae) from a tepui in the Serra do Araca, State of Amazonas, Brazil. In: Franzen, C., de Grave, S. &amp; Ng, P. (Eds.), Crustaceana Monographs. Vol 14. Studies on Malacostraca: Lipke Bijdeley Holthuis Memorial Volume. Brill, Boston, pp. 453 - 460." type="journal article" year="2010">Magalhães 2010</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="DA254B6CFFFAFFA5FF15FEA59750FE2B" author="Suarez" box="[224,368,367,392]" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" refString="Suarez, H. (2006) New species of freshwater crab from Venezuela and redescription of Microthelphusa rodriguezi Pretzmann, 1968 (Brachyura: Pseudothelphusoidea: Pseudothelphusidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 26 (2), 242 - 247. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1651 / s- 2641.1" type="journal article" year="2006">Suárez 2006</bibRefCitation>
, table 1); the geographic and altitudinal distribution of
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FC1BFEA592DAFE2B" box="[1006,1274,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Microthelphusa furcifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FAF1FEBA931DFE2B" bold="true" box="[1284,1341,367,392]" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">n. sp</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
and all previously known species of
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FE28FE4194ADFE0F" box="[477,653,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Microthelphusa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are so far consistent with these patterns (
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BE0B369DFFFAFFA5FF62FE099461FDB0" blockId="6.[151,1436,476,531]" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FF62FE09972CFE50" bold="true" box="[151,268,476,499]" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Geographic and altitudinal distributions for the species of
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FC66FE09921BFE50" box="[915,1083,476,499]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Microthelphusa</emphasis>
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. Bra, Brazil: Guy, Guyana; Sur, Surinam; Tri, Trinidad; Ven, Venezuela.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="BE0B369DFFFAFFA5FF6AFDFB97AAFA90" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<table id="CCB4C43DFFFA005CFF62FDFB92FAFA90" box="[151,1242,558,1331]" gridcols="3" gridrows="17" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<tr id="008434DFFFFA005CFF62FDFB92FAFDE7" box="[151,1242,558,580]" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<th id="43555DA3FFFA005CFF62FDFB97AAFDE7" box="[151,394,558,580]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Species</th>
<th id="43555DA3FFFA005CFDBEFDFB95B0FDE7" box="[587,912,558,580]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Locality</th>
<th id="43555DA3FFFA005CFBA9FDFB92FAFDE7" box="[1116,1242,558,580]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Altitude (m)</th>
</tr>
<tr id="008434DFFFFA005CFF62FD8D92FAFDCD" box="[151,1242,600,622]" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<th id="43555DA3FFFA005CFF62FD8D97AAFDCD" box="[151,394,600,622]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FF6AFD8C9730FDCD" box="[159,272,601,622]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="recenisi">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FF6AFD8C9730FDCD" box="[159,272,601,622]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. recenisi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFDBEFD8D95B0FDCD" box="[587,912,600,622]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Aragua state (Ven)</td>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFBA9FD8D92FAFDCD" box="[1116,1242,600,622]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
1400
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FB7AFD8D92BCFDCE" bold="true" box="[1167,1180,600,621]" pageId="6" pageNumber="273"></emphasis>
2000
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="008434DFFFFA005CFF62FD5492FAFD34" box="[151,1242,641,663]" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<th id="43555DA3FFFA005CFF62FD5497AAFD34" box="[151,394,641,663]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FF6AFD57972DFD34" ID-CoL="438FS" box="[159,269,641,663]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="forcarti">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FF6AFD57972DFD34" box="[159,269,641,663]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. forcarti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFDBEFD5495B0FD34" box="[587,912,641,663]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Mérida state (Ven)</td>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFBA9FD5492FAFD34" box="[1116,1242,641,663]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
1603
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FB7AFD5492BCFD35" bold="true" box="[1167,1180,641,662]" pageId="6" pageNumber="273"></emphasis>
1800
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="008434DFFFFA005CFF62FD7F92FAFD63" box="[151,1242,682,704]" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<th id="43555DA3FFFA005CFF62FD7F97AAFD63" box="[151,394,682,704]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FF6AFD7E9709FD63" ID-CoL="438G7" box="[159,297,683,704]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sucreensis">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FF6AFD7E9709FD63" box="[159,297,683,704]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. sucreensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFDBEFD7F95B0FD63" box="[587,912,682,704]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Monagas and Sucre states (Ven)</td>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFBA9FD7F92FAFD63" box="[1116,1242,682,704]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">1500</td>
</tr>
<tr id="008434DFFFFA005CFF62FD0192FAFD49" box="[151,1242,724,746]" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<th id="43555DA3FFFA005CFF62FD0197AAFD49" box="[151,394,724,746]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FF6AFD009707FD49" ID-CoL="438G8" box="[159,295,724,746]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="turumikiri">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FF6AFD009707FD49" box="[159,295,724,746]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. turumikiri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFDBEFD0195B0FD49" box="[587,912,724,746]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Sucre state (Ven)</td>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFBA9FD0192FAFD49" box="[1116,1242,724,746]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">1500</td>
</tr>
<tr id="008434DFFFFA005CFF62FD2892FAFCB0" box="[151,1242,765,787]" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<th id="43555DA3FFFA005CFF62FD2897AAFCB0" box="[151,394,765,787]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FF6AFD2B972CFCB0" ID-CoL="438G9" box="[159,268,765,787]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="viloriai">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FF6AFD2B972CFCB0" box="[159,268,765,787]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. viloriai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFDBEFD2895B0FCB0" box="[587,912,765,787]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Trujillo state (Ven)</td>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFBA9FD2892FAFCB0" box="[1116,1242,765,787]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">1500</td>
</tr>
<tr id="008434DFFFFA005CFF62FCF392FAFC9E" box="[151,1242,806,829]" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<th id="43555DA3FFFA005CFF62FCF397AAFC9E" box="[151,394,806,829]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FF6AFCFD96DDFC9E" ID-CoL="6RJRF" box="[159,253,808,829]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ginesi">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FF6AFCFD96DDFC9E" box="[159,253,808,829]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. ginesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFDBEFCF395B0FC9E" box="[587,912,806,829]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Distrito Federal (Ven)</td>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFBA9FCF392FAFC9E" box="[1116,1242,806,829]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">1400</td>
</tr>
<tr id="008434DFFFFA005CFF62FC8592FAFCC5" box="[151,1242,848,870]" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<th id="43555DA3FFFA005CFF62FC8597AAFCC5" box="[151,394,848,870]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FF6AFC849729FCC5" ID-CoL="438FZ" box="[159,265,849,870]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="meansi">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FF6AFC849729FCC5" box="[159,265,849,870]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. meansi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFDBEFC8595B0FCC5" box="[587,912,848,870]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Potaro-Siparuni region (Guy)</td>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFBA9FC8592FAFCC5" box="[1116,1242,848,870]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">1219</td>
</tr>
<tr id="008434DFFFFA005CFF62FCAC92FAFC2C" box="[151,1242,889,911]" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<th id="43555DA3FFFA005CFF62FCAC97AAFC2C" box="[151,394,889,911]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FF6AFCAF96D9FC2C" ID-CoL="438FW" box="[159,249,889,911]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lipkei">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FF6AFCAF96D9FC2C" box="[159,249,889,911]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. lipkei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFDBEFCAC95B0FC2C" box="[587,912,889,911]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Amazonas state (Bra)</td>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFBA9FCAC92FAFC2C" box="[1116,1242,889,911]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">1133</td>
</tr>
<tr id="008434DFFFFA005CFF62FC7792FAFC1B" box="[151,1242,930,952]" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<th id="43555DA3FFFA005CFF62FC7797AAFC1B" box="[151,394,930,952]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FF6AFC769731FC1B" ID-CoL="438FR" box="[159,273,930,952]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bolivari">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FF6AFC769731FC1B" box="[159,273,930,952]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. bolivari</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFDBEFC7795B0FC1B" box="[587,912,930,952]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Bolívar state (Ven)</td>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFBA9FC7792FAFC1B" box="[1116,1242,930,952]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">1000</td>
</tr>
<tr id="008434DFFFFA005CFF62FC1992FAFC41" box="[151,1242,972,994]" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<th id="43555DA3FFFA005CFF62FC1997AAFC41" box="[151,394,972,994]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FF6AFC189730FC41" ID-CoL="6RK3F" box="[159,272,973,994]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wymani">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FF6AFC189730FC41" box="[159,272,973,994]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. wymani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFDBEFC1995B0FC41" box="[587,912,972,994]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Paramaribo (Sur)</td>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFBA9FC1992FAFC41" box="[1116,1242,972,994]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">880</td>
</tr>
<tr id="008434DFFFFA005CFF62FC2092FAFBA8" box="[151,1242,1013,1035]" gridrow="11" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<th id="43555DA3FFFA005CFF62FC2097AAFBA8" box="[151,394,1013,1035]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FF6AFC23973CFBA8" ID-CoL="438G2" box="[159,284,1013,1035]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="odaelkae">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FF6AFC23973CFBA8" box="[159,284,1013,1035]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. odaelkae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFDBEFC2095B0FBA8" box="[587,912,1013,1035]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Trinidad (Tri)</td>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFBA9FC2092FAFBA8" box="[1116,1242,1013,1035]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
600
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FB76FC2092AFFBA9" bold="true" box="[1155,1167,1013,1034]" pageId="6" pageNumber="273"></emphasis>
800
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="008434DFFFFA005CFF62FBCB92FAFB96" box="[151,1242,1054,1077]" gridrow="12" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<th id="43555DA3FFFA005CFF62FBCB97AAFB96" box="[151,394,1054,1077]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FF6AFBF5970AFB97" ID-CoL="438FQ" box="[159,298,1054,1077]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barinensis">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FF6AFBF5970AFB97" box="[159,298,1054,1077]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. barinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFDBEFBCB95B0FB96" box="[587,912,1054,1077]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Barinas state (Ven)</td>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFBA9FBCB92FAFB96" box="[1116,1242,1054,1077]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
530
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FB76FBCA92AFFB97" bold="true" box="[1155,1167,1055,1076]" pageId="6" pageNumber="273"></emphasis>
570
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FF6AFB9C972CFBFD" box="[159,268,1096,1118]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. furcifer</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FEE7FB9D976BFBFE" bold="true" box="[274,331,1096,1117]" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">n. sp.</emphasis>
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<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFDBEFB9D95B0FBFD" box="[587,912,1096,1118]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Potaro-Siparuni region (Guy)</td>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFBA9FB9D92FAFBFD" box="[1116,1242,1096,1118]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">440</td>
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<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FF6AFBA79709FB24" ID-CoL="438G4" box="[159,297,1137,1159]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rodriguezi">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FF6AFBA79709FB24" box="[159,297,1137,1159]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. rodriguezi</emphasis>
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<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFDBEFBA495B0FB24" box="[587,912,1137,1159]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Esequive (Guy)</td>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFBA9FBA492FAFB24" box="[1116,1242,1137,1159]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">?</td>
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<taxonomicName id="79B44D1EFFFAFFA5FF6AFB4E9737FB13" ID-CoL="438G6" box="[159,279,1179,1200]" class="Malacostraca" family="Pseudothelphusidae" genus="Microthelphusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="somanni">
<emphasis id="8CC0EA8FFFFAFFA5FF6AFB4E9737FB13" box="[159,279,1179,1200]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. somanni</emphasis>
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<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFDBEFB4F95B0FB13" box="[587,912,1178,1200]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Amazonas state (Bra)</td>
<td id="43555DA3FFFA005CFBA9FB4F92FAFB13" box="[1116,1242,1178,1200]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">?</td>
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<tr id="008434DFFFFA005CFF62FACC92FAFA90" box="[151,1242,1305,1331]" gridrow="16" pageId="6" pageNumber="273" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1">
<th id="43555DA3FFFA005CFF62FACC97AAFA90" box="[151,394,1305,1331]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Acknowledgements</th>
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<paragraph id="BE0B369DFFFAFFA5FF62FAB59431F93B" blockId="6.[151,1436,1375,1688]" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">We gratefully thanks Rafael Lemaitre (USNM) for a pre-doctoral fellowship to MP and for providing working space and access to the museum collections. We also thanks Karen Reed (USNM) for helping with the collections and bibliographic references and Célio Magalhães (INPA), Ángel Viloria, Carlos Carmona and Héctor Suárez (IVIC) for providing working space and/or access to their respective collections. MP thanks FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) for providing financial support by way of a doctoral fellowship (2012/ 01334-7). MT thanks CNPq (301806/2010-1) and PETROBRAS (4600224970) for supporting studies on the systematics of decapod crustaceans. This paper greatly benefited from comments from reviewers Célio Magalhães (INPA) and Neil Cumberlidge (Northern Michigan University) and from editor Peter Castro (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona).</paragraph>
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