Researchers have discovered a new species of crab named Parathelphusa nobilii in Sinkawang, Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Another species of freshwater crab
A NEW freshwater crab species has been found in Borneo. The new species, Parathelphusa nobilii, has been found in the Sinkawang area of Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Parathelphusa oxygona had been proven to be the chief crab just before the Sinkawang area, while the Parathelphusa nobili takes over from there.
It is not certain exactly where the old species ends and the new one starts as there are mountains between the two.
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Crabs in caves
Another species of cave crab has been found in Sarawak.
Peter Ng of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Jongkar Grinang from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) are responsible for the discovery.
The new species, Stygothelephusa antu, was recently collected in the Temurang Cave System.
It joins Stygothelephusa bidiensis (1900), Stygothelephusa nobillii (1920) and Stygothelephusa cranbrooki (2013).
The ‘new’ crab seems to be more adapted to the dark innards of the cave, with eyes and corneas that are reduced in size.
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Resurrection of a bee
A bee that has laid dormant since between 1946 and 1963 has been resurrected and given a name — Colletes kinabalu Kuhlmann.
The problem is that the species’ nearest relative is from southern Scandinavia to the west, to the Mediterranean region onwards to Russia in the far east.
There are no known species in this region.
To further complicate things, there is no information about the date it was collected, the elevation or the locality from where it was collected.
The tag only said ‘BrNoBorneo’.
The author of the article, Dr Mike Kuhlmann, states that the bee was probably collected in the upper montane zone at a height of about 2,000 to 2,800 metres.
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Japanese researchers have found a new species of tree frog under the genus Chiromantis.
Another tree frog
The graduate school of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto has announced the discovery of a new genus and species of tree frog called Chiromantis with the species name of Chiromantis inexpectus.
The tree frog has dark spots on the dorsal side, a dark band from the snout, bordered ventrally by a white stripe and third and fourth finger less than half webbed.
This is the first time the genus has been described outside of Southeast Asia.
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