Central America

Includes Subareas

• Atlantic coast of Central America
• Pacific coast of Central America
• Belize
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Panama

Currently Recognized Species

• Leptuca batuenta^*
• Leptuca beebei^*
• Leptuca cumulanta^*
• Leptuca deichmanni^*
• Leptuca dorotheae^*
• Leptuca festae^*
• Leptuca inaequalis^*
• Leptuca latimanus^*
• Leptuca limicola^*
• Leptuca oerstedi^*
• Leptuca pygmaea^*
• Leptuca saltitanta^*
• Leptuca stenodactylus^*
• Leptuca tenuipedis^*
• Leptuca terpsichores^*
• Leptuca thayeri^*
• Leptuca tomentosa^*
• Leptuca umbratila^*
• Minuca argillicola^*
• Minuca brevifrons^*
• Minuca burgersi^*
• Minuca ecuadoriensis^*
• Minuca galapagensis^*
• Minuca herradurensis^*
• Minuca mordax^*
• Minuca osa^*
• Minuca rapax^*
• Minuca vocator^*
• Minuca zacae^*
• Petruca panamensis^*
• Uca heteropleura^*
• Uca insignis^*
• Uca intermedia^*
• Uca major^*
• Uca ornata^*
• Uca princeps^*
• Uca stylifera^*

Names Which Have Been Used for This Area

• Acanthoplax excellens^*
• Gelasimus (Acanthoplax) excellens^*
• Gelasimus Maracoani^*
• Gelasimus armatus^*
• Gelasimus gibbosus^*
• Gelasimus heterocheles^*
• Gelasimus heterophthalmus^*
• Gelasimus heteropleurus^*
• Gelasimus insignis^*
• Gelasimus ornatus^*
• Gelasimus panamensis^*
• Gelasimus princeps^*
• Gelasimus pugilator^*
• Gelasimus rapax^*
• Gelasimus stenodactylus^*
• Gelasimus vocans^*
• Gelasimus vocator^*
• Gelasius heterophthalmus^*
• Heteruca heteropleura^*
• Leptuca batuenta^*
• Leptuca beebei^*
• Leptuca deichmanni^*
• Leptuca dorotheae^*
• Leptuca festae^*
• Leptuca inaequalis^*
• Leptuca latimanus^*
• Leptuca leptochela^*
• Leptuca limicola^*
• Leptuca mertensi^*
• Leptuca oerstedi^*
• Leptuca orthomana^*
• Leptuca pygmaea^*
• Leptuca saltitanta^*
• Leptuca stenodactylus^*
• Leptuca tenuipedis^*
• Leptuca terpsichores^*
• Leptuca thayeri^*
• Leptuca tomentosa^*
• Leptuca umbratila^*
• Minuca argillicola^*
• Minuca brevifrons^*
• Minuca burgersi^*
• Minuca ecuadoriensis^*
• Minuca galapagensis^*
• Minuca herradurensis^*
• Minuca mordax^*
• Minuca osa^*
• Minuca panamensis^*
• Minuca rapax^*
• Minuca vocator^*
• Minuca zacae^*
• Petruca panamensis^*
• Planuca deichmanni^*
• Planuca zilchi^*
• Uca^*
• Uca (Acanthoplax) marinae^*
• Uca (Acanthoplax) ornata^*
• Uca (Boboruca) Thayeri^*
• Uca (Boboruca) thayeri thayeri^*
• Uca (Boboruca) thayeri umbratila^*
• Uca (Celuca) [crenulata] batuenta^*
• Uca (Celuca) [crenulata] cumulanta^*
• Uca (Celuca) [crenulata] saltitanta^*
• Uca (Celuca) [leptodactyla] limicola^*
• Uca (Celuca) argillicola^*
• Uca (Celuca) beebei^*
• Uca (Celuca) deichmanni^*
• Uca (Celuca) festae^*
• Uca (Celuca) inaequalis^*
• Uca (Celuca) latimanus^*
• Uca (Celuca) leptochela^*
• Uca (Celuca) musica terpsichores^*
• Uca (Celuca) oerstedi^*
• Uca (Celuca) stenodactylus^*
• Uca (Celuca) tenuipedis^*
• Uca (Celuca) tomentosa^*
• Uca (Gelasimus) brevifrons^*
• Uca (Gelasimus) stenodactyla^*
• Uca (Gelasimus) stylifera^*
• Uca (Leptuca) batuenta^*
• Uca (Leptuca) beebei^*
• Uca (Leptuca) deichmanni^*
• Uca (Leptuca) festae^*
• Uca (Leptuca) inaequalis^*
• Uca (Leptuca) limicola^*
• Uca (Leptuca) oerstedi^*
• Uca (Leptuca) panamensis^*
• Uca (Leptuca) pygmaea^*
• Uca (Leptuca) saltitanta^*
• Uca (Leptuca) stenodactylus^*
• Uca (Leptuca) tenuipedis^*
• Uca (Leptuca) terpsichores^*
• Uca (Leptuca) tomentosa^*
• Uca (Minuca) [galapagensis] galapagensis herradurensis^*
• Uca (Minuca) [galapagensis] rapax rapax^*
• Uca (Minuca) [minax] brevifrons^*
• Uca (Minuca) [minax] mordax^*
• Uca (Minuca) argillicola^*
• Uca (Minuca) burgersi^*
• Uca (Minuca) coloradensis^*
• Uca (Minuca) ecuadoriensis^*
• Uca (Minuca) festae^*
• Uca (Minuca) galapagensis^*
• Uca (Minuca) galapagensis herradurensis^*
• Uca (Minuca) herradurensis^*
• Uca (Minuca) inaequalis^*
• Uca (Minuca) latimana^*
• Uca (Minuca) leptochela^*
• Uca (Minuca) macrodactyla glabromana^*
• Uca (Minuca) macrodactyla macrodactyla^*
• Uca (Minuca) mertensi^*
• Uca (Minuca) mordax^*
• Uca (Minuca) oerstedi^*
• Uca (Minuca) orthomana^*
• Uca (Minuca) panamensis^*
• Uca (Minuca) pygmaea^*
• Uca (Minuca) rapax^*
• Uca (Minuca) saltitanta batuenta^*
• Uca (Minuca) saltitanta saltitanta^*
• Uca (Minuca) stenodactyla beebei^*
• Uca (Minuca) stenodactyla stenodactyla^*
• Uca (Minuca) terpsichores^*
• Uca (Minuca) thayeri thayeri^*
• Uca (Minuca) thayeri zilchi^*
• Uca (Minuca) umbratila^*
• Uca (Minuca) vocator^*
• Uca (Minuca) vocator ecuadoriensis^*
• Uca (Minuca) vocator vocator^*
• Uca (Minuca) zacae^*
• Uca (Uca) [major] heteropleura^*
• Uca (Uca) [major] major^*
• Uca (Uca) heteropleura^*
• Uca (Uca) insignis^*
• Uca (Uca) intermedia^*
• Uca (Uca) major^*
• Uca (Uca) major heteropleura^*
• Uca (Uca) maracoani insignis^*
• Uca (Uca) maracoani maracoani^*
• Uca (Uca) marinae^*
• Uca (Uca) ornata^*
• Uca (Uca) princeps^*
• Uca (Uca) princeps princeps^*
• Uca (Uca) stylifera^*
• Uca Festae^*
• Uca affinis^*
• Uca argillicola^*
• Uca batuenta^*
• Uca beebei^*
• Uca brevifrons^*
• Uca brevifrons var. delicata^*
• Uca burgersi^*
• Uca coloradensis^*
• Uca crenulata^*
• Uca cumulanta^*
• Uca deichmanni^*
• Uca ecuadoriensis^*
• Uca galapagensis^*
• Uca galapagensis galapagensis^*
• Uca galapagensis herradurensis^*
• Uca gibbosa^*
• Uca herradurensis^*
• Uca heterochela^*
• Uca heterochelos^*
• Uca heteropleura^*
• Uca inaequalis^*
• Uca insignis^*
• Uca intermedia^*
• Uca latimana^*
• Uca latimanus^*
• Uca leptochela^*
• Uca leptodactyla^*
• Uca limicola^*
• Uca longisignalis^*
• Uca macrodactyla^*
• Uca macrodactylus^*
• Uca major^*
• Uca maracoani^*
• Uca marinae^*
• Uca mertensi^*
• Uca mordax^*
• Uca musica^*
• Uca musica terpsichores^*
• Uca oerstedi^*
• Uca ornata^*
• Uca osa^*
• Uca panamensis^*
• Uca platydactyla^*
• Uca platydactyla var. stylifera^*
• Uca princeps^*
• Uca princeps princeps^*
• Uca pugnax^*
• Uca pugnax rapax^*
• Uca pygmaea^*
• Uca rapax^*
• Uca rapax rapax^*
• Uca saltitanta^*
• Uca schmitti^*
• Uca sp.^*
• Uca sp. aff. U. ornata or U. insignis^*
• Uca sp. nov.^*
• Uca spp.^*
• Uca stenodactyla^*
• Uca stenodactylus^*
• Uca stylifera^*
• Uca tenuipedis^*
• Uca terpsichores^*
• Uca thayeri^*
• Uca thayeri umbratila^*
• Uca tomentosa^*
• Uca umbratila^*
• Uca vocator^*
• Uca zacae^*

Specific Names Which Have Been Used for This Area

• affinis^*
• argillicola^*
• armatus^*
• batuenta^*
• beebei^*
• brevifrons^*
• burgersi^*
• coloradensis^*
• crenulata^*
• cumulanta^*
• deichmanni^*
• delicata^*
• dorotheae^*
• ecuadoriensis^*
• excellens^*
• festae^*
• galapagensis^*
• gibbosa^*
• glabromana^*
• herradurensis^*
• heterochela^*
• heterophthalmus^*
• heteropleura^*
• inaequalis^*
• insignis^*
• intermedia^*
• latimanus^*
• leptochela^*
• leptodactyla^*
• limicola^*
• longisignalis^*
• macrodactyla^*
• major^*
• maracoani^*
• marinae^*
• mertensi^*
• mordax^*
• musica^*
• oerstedi^*
• ornata^*
• orthomana^*
• osa^*
• panamensis^*
• platydactyla^*
• princeps^*
• pugilator^*
• pugnax^*
• pygmaea^*
• rapax^*
• saltitanta^*
• schmitti^*
• stenodactylus^*
• stylifera^*
• tenuipedis^*
• terpsichores^*
• thayeri^*
• tomentosa^*
• umbratila^*
• vocans^*
• vocator^*
• zacae^*
• zilchi^*

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