Two new species of Aegla leach (Crustacea : Decapoda : Anomura : Aeglidae)from southern Chile

Two new species of the genus Aegla Leach from southern Chile are described. Aegla cholchol, new species, a medium to large sized spinulated aeglid, ha s the River Chol-Chol (Cautin Province) as its type locality. It is probabl y more related to A. rostrata, from subandean lakes at the Tolten and Valdi via River basins than to A. bahamondei, from the Tucapel River Basin on the western slope of the Nahuelbuta Coastal Cordillera. The other, A. hueicoll ensis, new species, a small to medium sized non-spinulated aeglid, has the River Pichihueicolla (Valdivia Province), on the western slope of the Pelad a Coastal Cordillera, as its type-locality. A. hueicollensis is similar to A. abtao with which it shares more morphological attributes than with other non-spinulated aeglids of the same geographic region (i.e., A. alacalufi, A. manni, and A. concepcionensis).