Vol. 62, 2023
(update: 2023.2.21)
Revision of the Genus Lacunipotamon Dai, Song, He, Cao,
Xu & Zhong, 1975 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae), with
Descriptions of Eight New Species from Vietnam
Peter
K. L. Ng1,* , Zhi Wan, Tan1,2 , and Ngo Van Tri3
doi:-
1Lee
Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Faculty of Science, National
University of Singapore, 2 Conservatory Drive, Singapore 117377,
Republic of Singapore. *Correspondence: E-mail: peterng@nus.edu.sg (Ng)
2Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of
Science, National University of Singapore, 16 Science Drive 4,
Singapore 117558, Republic of Singapore. E-mail: tzw@nus.edu.sg (Tan)
3National Key Laboratory, Institute of Tropical
Biology, Vietnamese Academy of Sciences and Technology, 9/621 Hanoi
Highway, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. E-mail:
trigeckonid@hotmail.com (Ngo).
(Received 22 November 2022 / Accepted
30 January 2023 / Published -- 2023)
Communicated by Benny K.K. Chan
The taxonomy of the potamid genus Lacunipotamon Dai, Song, He, Cao,
Xu & Zhong, 1975, is revised. Three species are known from southern
China: L. albusorbitum Dai,
Song, He, Cao, Xu & Zhong, 1975 (type species); L. yuanshi Huang, Shih &
Ahyong, 2020, L. cymatile
Huang, Shih & Ahyong, 2020; and eight new species are here
described from northern Vietnam – L.
globus, L. panda, L. contrastum, L. sublividum, L. mimicum, L. thuanchau, L. pectum and L. purpureum. This is the first
record of the genus in Vietnam, with all the new species obtained from
karst formations. The species are differentiated on characters of the
carapace shape, anterolateral armature, posterior margin of the
epistome, male sternopleonal cavity, chelipeds, ambulatory legs, male
thoracic sternum, male pleon, and structures of the male first gonopods
and vulvae.
Key words: Potamoidea, New
genus record, Rediagnosis, Descriptions of new species, Taxonomy,
China, Vietnam, Karst.
Citation: Ng PKL, Tan ZW, Tri NV. 2023.
Revision of the genus Lacunipotamon
Dai, Song, He, Cao, Xu & Zhong, 1975 (Crustacea: Decapoda:
Brachyura: Potamidae), with descriptions of eight new species from
Vietnam. Zool Stud 62:20.

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