Ignamborchestia sarasini ( Chevreux, 1915 )

Lowry, James K. & Fanini, Lucia, 2023, The Coastal Talitroid Amphipods of New Caledonia (Amphipoda: Talitroidea), Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 75 (4), pp. 471-484 : 475

Ignamborchestia sarasini ( Chevreux, 1915)

Parorchestia sarasini Chevreux, 1915: 8 , pl. 2.

Chiltonorchestia sarasini .— Bousfield, 1984: 203, tab. 5.— Iannilli & Ruffo, 2007: 23.

Ignamborchestia sarasini .— Lowry & Myers, 2019: 42, fig. 18.

Lectotype: Female (undissected, ethanol), MNHN-IU-2013- 19689, summit of Mount Ignambi, 1300 m, coll. F. Sarasin & J. Roux, 15 April 1911 . Paralectotypes: 2 specimens (undissected, ethanol), MNHN-IU-2013-19690, summit of Mount Ignambi , 1300 m ; 1 female (labelled as female A by Chevreux; head in ethanol and 11 slides of maxillae 1–2 left and right, gnathopods, pereopods 3–7, pleopods 1–3, uropods, and telson), MNHN-IU-2013-19691; 1 female (labelled as female B by Chevreux; ethanol and 2 slides of mouthparts, gnathopods 1, 2 and branchiae), MNHN-IU-2013-19692; 1 male (2 slides, antennae 1–2, maxilla 1, maxillipeds and gnathopods), MNHN-IU-2013-19693, Ignambi Forest .

Type locality. Mt Ignambi, forest, 700–1300 m altitude, north-eastern New Caledonia.

Ecological type. Forest-hopper.

Habitat. Forest floors at 700–800 m altitude.

Remarks. Differs from Chiltonorchestia in its short antenna 1.

Distribution. New Caledonia: Mt Ignambi ( Chevreux, 1915); Farino; Pouembout ( Iannilli & Ruffo, 2007).

Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815

Talitrinae Rafinesque, 1815