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Pseudothelphusidae

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Pseudothelphusidae
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Pseudothelphusidae is a family of freshwater crabs found chiefly in mountain streams in the Neotropics.[2] They are believed to have originated in the Greater Antilles and then crossed to Central America via a Pliocene land bridge.[2] Some species of this family are troglobitic.

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Parasitology

Pseudothelpshusids are of significance to humans because many species are secondary hosts for lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus.[3] Predators of pseuthelphusid crabs include the yellow-spotted river turtle and the tufted capuchin.[3]

Taxonomy

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The following subfamilies and genera are recognised:[4][5]

Guinotinae Pretzmann, 1971

Hypolobocerinae Pretzmann, 1971

Kingsleyinae Bott, 1970

Potamocarcininae Ortmann, 1897

Pseudothelphusinae Ortmann, 1893

  • Alvarezius Moreno & Villalobos in Moreno-Juárez, Villalobos & Álvarez, 2022
  • Disparithelphusa Smalley & Adkinson, 1984
  • Ehecatusa Ng & Low, 2010
  • Mokayathelphusa Moreno, Villalobos & Álvarez in Moreno-Juárez, Villalobos & Álvarez, 2022
  • Pseudothelphusa de Saussure, 1857
  • Smalleyus Álvarez, 1989
  • Tehuana Rodríguez & Smalley in Smalley, 1970
  • Xoconochcothelphusa Villalobos-Hiriart, Moreno-Juárez & Álvarez, 2024

Ptychophallinae Álvarez, Ojeda, Souza-Carvalho, Villalobos, Magalhães, Wehrtmann & Mantelatto, 2020

Raddausinae Álvarez, Ojeda, Souza-Carvalho, Villalobos, Magalhães, Wehrtmann & Mantelatto, 2020

Strengerianinae Rodríguez, 1982

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