Kingsleya latifrons (Randall, 1840)

Potamia latifrons Randall, 1840: 120, Suriname [“It is supposed to have been brought from Suriname, or the West Indies”].

Potamocarcinus latifrons – Young 1900: 222, Guyana, French Guyana [Cayenne]. — Rathbun 1904: 242, French Guiana [Guyane]; 1905: 312, French Guiana. — Holthuis 1959a: 219, Suriname [“This species is probably the most common freshwater crab of Suriname. It has not been found in the coastal region, but only in the interior and in the anterior mountain range”].

Kingsleya latifrons – Rodríguez 1982: 171, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana. — Holthuis 1993: 10, Suriname [Brokopondo Lake]. — Magalhães & Pereira 2007: tab. 2, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana. — Vieira 2008: tab. 5.1: 69, Brazil Amapá [Tumucumaque National Park between 2004– 2006; also Kingsleya sp. 1, sp. 2, sp. 3]. — Magalhães et al. 2009: 41, French Guiana [INPA 389, Cayenne, Trois Sauts, 02°15′ N, 52°53′ W, upper Oyapoque River, coll. Grenard 1985]. — Guinot et al. 2013: 294, Suriname [Lawa River, MZUSP 1887].

Distribution/Habitat

WA (Guiana Shield); freshwater.