Buergeres, Ng & Manning, 2003

Ahyong, Shane T. & Ng, Peter K. L., 2020, New species of pinnotherid crabs from Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 4816 (3), pp. 333-349 : 343

Key to females of species of Buergeres

1. Outer surface of cheliped palm densely covered with short tomentum..................... B. holothuriae (Semper, 1880)

- Outer surface of cheliped palm almost glabrous or at most with few scattered setae................................. 2

2. P5 dactylus about 3× length of P2 dactylus............................................ B. ortmanni ( Bürger, 1895)

- P5 dactylus about 2× length of P2 dactylus................................................................. 3

3. P5 dactylus as long as propodus extensor margin. Cheliped dactylus dorsal margin glabrous. Carapace surface with median groove anteriorly and well-marked groove surrounding cardiac region................... B. deccanensis (Chropra, 1931)

- P5 dactylus distinctly shorter than propodus extensor margin. Cheliped dactylus dorsal margin setose proximally. Carapace surface without median groove anteriorly; cardiac region at most weakly demarcated by faint groove..... B. choprai sp. nov.