taxonID	type	description	language	source
9220FA72294C066CFC9EFEF0FB57FBA7.taxon	description	16. — Pretzmann, 1972: 19.	en	Pedraza, Manuel (2017): Taxonomy of the freshwater crab genus Neopseudothelphusa Pretzmann, 1965 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae), with the description of a new genus. Nauplius (e 2017009) 25: 1-7, DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2017009, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017009
9220FA72294C066CFC9EFEF0FB57FBA7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. G 1 with marginal process straight, flat; apex truncated, fused to crest of distal lobe of apical plate. Apical plate narrow, subtriangular; distal and proximal lobes well distinct, split by deep notch; distal lobe larger than proximal lobe. Strong subterminal bulge in lateral view, its margin uniformly rounded. Type species. Neopseudothelphusa fossor (Rathbun, 1898), by original designation.	en	Pedraza, Manuel (2017): Taxonomy of the freshwater crab genus Neopseudothelphusa Pretzmann, 1965 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae), with the description of a new genus. Nauplius (e 2017009) 25: 1-7, DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2017009, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017009
9220FA72294E066EFEC9FB10FA55FD0C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. G 1 with marginal process large; apex sharp, slightly curved laterally. Mesial process simple, straight, cultriform, about twice as large as the apical plate. Apical plate wide, subquadrate, apex slightly bent to sternal side; distal and proximal lobes totally fused to apical plate. Type species. Culterthelphusa simoni (Rathbun, 1905), n. comb., by monotypy and present designation. Distribution. Venezuela: Aragua, Distrito Capital, Guárico, Miranda. Etymology. The name Culterthelphusa is formed by the combination of the Latin word “ cultratus ”, meaning knife, in reference to the shape of the mesial process of the first gonopod, which is unique in the tribe, with the suffix “ thelphusa ” for freshwater crab. The gender is feminine. Remarks. Culterthelphusa n. gen. is established to accommodate C. simoni n. comb., formerly included in Neopseudothelphusa. Likewise, Culterthelphusa n. gen. is assigned to the tribe Kingsleyini as it shows the following diagnostic characters of the tribe: G 1 with an apical plate projected beyond the opening of the spermatic channel; and G 1 with basis widened along the sterno-abdominal axis. Culterthelphusa simoni n. comb. is unique in Kingsleyini in having the G 1 with a simple mesial process, about three times longer than wide, cultriform in shape (Fig. 2 A, C), and having the marginal process large, subtriangular and prolonged beyond the opening of spermatic channel (Fig. 2 A, B).	en	Pedraza, Manuel (2017): Taxonomy of the freshwater crab genus Neopseudothelphusa Pretzmann, 1965 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae), with the description of a new genus. Nauplius (e 2017009) 25: 1-7, DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2017009, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017009
9220FA72294E066EFF2FFF15FCC8FBE9.taxon	description	(Fig. 1)	en	Pedraza, Manuel (2017): Taxonomy of the freshwater crab genus Neopseudothelphusa Pretzmann, 1965 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae), with the description of a new genus. Nauplius (e 2017009) 25: 1-7, DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2017009, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017009
9220FA72294E066EFF2FFF15FCC8FBE9.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Venezuela, Vargas, La Guaira, 2. vii. 1990, Lion & Robinson leg., M. Campos det., 3 males, 2 females (USNM 23848). Type locality. Venezuela, Distrito Capital: La Guaira.	en	Pedraza, Manuel (2017): Taxonomy of the freshwater crab genus Neopseudothelphusa Pretzmann, 1965 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae), with the description of a new genus. Nauplius (e 2017009) 25: 1-7, DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2017009, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017009
9220FA72294E0668FCB3FD35FDBAF8D5.taxon	description	(Fig. 2)	en	Pedraza, Manuel (2017): Taxonomy of the freshwater crab genus Neopseudothelphusa Pretzmann, 1965 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae), with the description of a new genus. Nauplius (e 2017009) 25: 1-7, DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2017009, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017009
9220FA72294E0668FCB3FD35FDBAF8D5.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Venezuela, Aragua, Rancho Grande, 1100 m., 15. iii. 1945, J. Crane leg., 1 male (USNM 87067). — Miranda, Parque Nacional Guatopo, 750 m., C. Brandão leg., C. Magalhães det., 1 male (MZUSP 6388); Turgua, 1100 m, 14. viii. 1948, M. Campos det., 1 male, 1 female (USNM 89643); Turgua, 1099 m., 11. ix. 1948, F. Martins leg., M. Campos det., 2 males (USNM 90591). Turgua, 1100 m, 11. ix. 1949, F. Martins leg., M. Campos det., 2 males (USNM 90602). Type locality. Venezuela, Aragua: Colonia Tovar. Remarks. Culterthelphusa simoni n. comb. differs from Neopseudothelphusa fossor in the following characters of the G 1: (i) the marginal process is slightly curved to the lateral side, the apex is sharp, prolonged above the opening of spermatic channel in C. simoni n. comb. (Fig. 2 A) [marginal process straight, apex truncated and prolonged at the same level of the opening of spermatic channel in N. fossor (Fig. 1 A)]; (ii) the apex of the marginal process is well distinct from the crest of the distal lobe of the apical plate in C. simoni n. comb. (Fig. 2 B) [apex of marginal process fused to the crest of the distal lobe of the apical plate in N. fossor (Fig. 1 B)]; (iii) the apical plate is large, wide, and subquadrate in C. simoni n. comb. (Fig. 2 A, B) [apical plate narrow and subtriangular in N. fossor (Fig. 1 A, B)]; (iv) the distal and proximal lobes of the apical plate are indistinct in C. simoni n. comb. (Fig. 2 B) [distal and proximal lobes of the apical plate well distinct, split by a deep notch in N. fossor (Fig. 1 A – C)]; (v) there is a deep subterminal groove in sternal view, preceding the mesial process in C. simoni n. comb. (Fig. 2 C) [sternal surface smooth, subterminal groove preceding the mesial process absent in N. fossor (Fig. 1 C)]; (vi) the lateral surface is flat in the subterminal region, devoid of any subterminal bulge in C. simoni n. comb. (Fig. 2 A – C) [strong subterminal bulge as seen in lateral view in N. fossor (Fig. 1 A – C)]; (vii) the mesial process is about twice as large as the apical plate, and is cultriformin C. simoni n. comb. (Fig. 2 A, B) [mesial process almost the same size of the apical plate, subquadrate, in N. fossor (Fig. 1 A, B)]. The morphology of the G 1 of Culterthelphusa simoni n. comb. closely resembles that of Prionothelphusa eliasi Rodriguez, 1980 and Microthelphusa racenisi (Rodríguez, 1966) since in these three species the apical plate is wide, subquadrate, and the distal and proximal lobes are complete fused.	en	Pedraza, Manuel (2017): Taxonomy of the freshwater crab genus Neopseudothelphusa Pretzmann, 1965 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae), with the description of a new genus. Nauplius (e 2017009) 25: 1-7, DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2017009, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017009
