The Taiwanese and Philippine Species of the Terrestrial Crabs Serène and Soh, 1970 and Serène and Soh, 1970 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), with Descriptions of Two New Species.

The genera Serène and Soh, 1970 and Serène and Soh, 1970 are two closely related taxa inhabiting terrestrial or freshwater environments from the Indo-West Pacific. Based on morphological and molecular evidence, two new species from Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia are described in this study, viz. n. sp. and n. sp. The new species can be distinguished from congeners by a suite of carapace, chelipedal, gonopodal and vulvar characters. (Rathbun, 1914) is here shown to be a junior synonym of (De Man, 1889). A poorly known Philippine species, (Rathbun, 1914), is redescribed from the type and fresh material, and is recorded for the first time from Taiwan.