Mountain crabs (Pseudothelphusidae: Hypolobocera) in the Neotropic

• Autores: Zúñiga, Andrés, Zambrano, René
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.revistas.unfv.edu.pe:article/1595
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.unfv.edu.pe/rtb/article/view/1595
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Distribución; hábitat; patología; sinonimia; taxonomía; Distribution; habitat; pathology; synonymy; taxonomy

This paper summarizes what is known about the mountain crabs of the Genus Hypolobocera Ortmann, 1897 in the Neotropics, based on a bibliographic review. The sources of secondary information correspond to scientific journals, mainly. There are 42 species of mountain crabs, reported mostly from Colombia. Other countries with records of Hypolobocera are Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, and Panama. The largest number of studies correspond to taxonomic topics. Hypolobocera species are symbionts of parasites such as flukes of the Genus Paragonimus and turbellarians such as Temnocephala icononcensis Arias-Pineda, Damborenea & Castro, 2015. The conservation status has identified endangered and/or data-deficient mountain crab species in Colombia. Considering the extensions of the agricultural and livestock frontiers, it is necessary to evaluate the population status of the Hypolobocera species to establish conservation strategies. Knowledge about mountain crabs is scarce, and it is necessary to investigate basic biological and ecological aspects to propose recovery strategies for the populations once their conservation status is known.