Ng Peter K L
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum; Faculty of Science; National University of Singapore; 2 Conservatory Drive; Singapore 117377; Republic of Singapore.
Zootaxa. 2024 Jul 4;5476(1):298-313. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5476.1.24.
A new species of semiterrestrial freshwater crab, Tiwaripotamon nganima n. sp. is described from northern Vietnam. The gonopods of the new species most closely resemble T. annamense (Balss, 1914) originally collected from Phuc-Son in Annam, central Vietnam, but can easily be distinguished as it has the median lobe on the posterior margin of the epistome being more projecting, the male pleon is proportionately more quadrate and less wide, the basal part of the male first gonopod has the median part of the subterminal segment more strongly curved, and the outer surface of the basal part of the terminal segment of the male first gonopod is prominently swollen. The taxonomy of two species described from southern China, T. pingguoense Dai & Naiyanetr, 1994, and T. xiurenense Dai & Naiyanetr, 1994, is also clarified after re-examination of type specimens and photographs of the original material; both species are redescribed and refigured.
一种新的半陆生淡水蟹——义安蒂瓦里溪蟹(Tiwaripotamon nganima n. sp.)在越南北部被发现并予以描述。该新物种的生殖肢与最初采自越南中部安南福顺的安南蒂瓦里溪蟹(Tiwaripotamon annamense,Balss,1914)最为相似,但易于区分,因其口上板后缘的中叶更突出,雄性腹节比例上更呈方形且更窄,雄性第一生殖肢基部亚末节的中部弯曲更强,雄性第一生殖肢末节基部外表面显著肿胀。通过重新检查模式标本和原始材料的照片,中国南方描述的两个物种——苹果蒂瓦里溪蟹(Tiwaripotamon pingguoense,Dai & Naiyanetr,1994)和秀仁蒂瓦里溪蟹(Tiwaripotamon xiurenense,Dai & Naiyanetr,1994)的分类也得以明确;对这两个物种均进行了重新描述和重新绘图。