Genus Upogebia Leach, 1814

Upogebia Leach, 1814: 400 [type species Cancer Astacus stellatus Montagu, 1808 by monotypy, gender feminine].—de Saint Laurent & LeLoeuff 1979: 36 (synonymy).— Sakai 2006a: 38 –40.

Kuwaitupogebia Sakai, Türkay & Al Aidaroos, 2015: 1223 –1224 [type species Kuwaitupogebia nithyanandan Sakai, Türkay & Al Aidaroos, 2015, by original designation and monotypy, gender feminine]. Syn. nov.

Remarks. Sakai et al. (2015a) repeated their arguments to justify separating the new genus from Upogebia . As shown below, none of the differences is real. Upogebiidae includes 11 genera (Sakai 2006a) but the synonymy of Kuwaitupogebia with Upogebia, rather than with any other, has been determined after examination of its type species and comparison with similar species (see below).