Tubuca forcipata (Adams & White, 1849)

Shih, Hsi-Te, Wong, Kingsley J. H., Chan, Benny K. K., Nguyen, Thanh Son, Do, Van Tu, Ngo, Xuan Quang & Hsu, Pei-Yi, 2022, Branchipolynoe onnuriensis Kim & Choi & Eyun & Kim & Yu 2022, sp. nov., Zoological Studies 61 (66), pp. 1-24 : 15

Tubuca forcipata (Adams & White, 1849) ( Fig. 5C, D )

Gelasimus forcipatus Adams & White, 1849: 50 (type locality:

Borneo); Kingsley 1880: 142, pl. 9(9).? Uca manii – Dawydoff 1952: 141. Uca (Deltuca) forcipata – Crane 1975: 48, 595, fig. 26B, 38A–D,

61K, pls. 5G, H, 6A–D, 46A. Uca forcipata – Yamaguchi 1994: 163, 184; Chertoprud et al. 2012:

269, pl. 45E, F.? Uca arcuata – Do 1996: 36. Uca (Tubuca) forcipata – Ng et al. 2008: 242.? Uca flammula – Chertoprud et al. 2012: 269; Le et al. 2018: 41; Le et al. 2020: 15.? Uca arcuata – Hoang et al. 2012: 75. Tubuca forcipata – Shih et al. 2016b: 159, 174, fig. 11D; Sasaki 2019:

12519. Tubuca (Tubuca) forcipata – Rosenberg 2019: 735.? Uca (Tubuca) arcuata – Le et al. 2020: 15.? Uca urvillei – Le et al. 2020: 15.

Material examined: Ho Chi Minh: 1 ò (22.0 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15145), 2 òò (9.5, 10.6 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15146), 1 ò (10.4 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15147), Giong Ao, Can Thanh Town, Can Gio, coll. H.-T. Shih and P.-Y. Hsu, coll. 13 Oct. 2017; 8 òò (5.8–18.6 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15109), 2 òò (18.6, 19.8 mm), 2 ññ (7.4, 7.6 mm) (NCHUZOOL 15108), Rung Sac, Long Hoa, Can Gio, coll. H.-T. Shih and P.-Y. Hsu, coll. 12 Oct. 2017.

Distribution: Eastern Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Borneo, Indonesia and Philippines.

Remarks: Tubuca forcipata is a common species in Southeast Asia ( Crane 1975). As this species can be found in eastern Thailand and Borneo, its presence at the Mekong Delta, southern Vietnam is not unexpected.

Figures

Fig. 5. Dorsal view of carapace and frontal view of major cheliped. Tubuca arcuata (A, NCHUZOOL 15107 CW 39.3 mm, Dong Rui, Quang Ninh; B, NCHUZOOL 15142, CW 30.1 mm, Tien Lang, Tien Yen, Quang Ninh); T. forcipata (C, D, NCHUZOOL 15145, CW 22.0 mm, Can Gio, Ho Chi Minh City); T. paradussumieri (E, H, NCHUZOOL 15155, CW 35.0, Dong Rui, Quang Ninh; F, ZVNU.2019.011, CW 18.3 mm, Dong Rui, Quang Ninh; G, NCHUZOOL 15158, CW 32.3 mm, Can Gio, Ho Chi Minh City).