Ledoyerella Myers, 1973

Zettler, Michael L. & Myers, Alan, 2018, A new species of Ledoyerella, L. kunensis sp. nov. (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Kamakidae) from South West Africa, Zootaxa 4450 (1), pp. 142-150 : 143

Ledoyerella Myers, 1973

Ledoyerella Myers, 1973 , 266.— Ledoyer, 1979, 42.— Ledoyer, 1983, 269.— Barnard & Karaman, 1991, 206.— Myers & Lowry, 2003, 473.

Diagnosis. Head with subocular margin strongly recessed; accessory flagellum with 3–5 articles; labrum without epistome; mandible palp article 2 longest; article 3 subovoid; uropod 1 peduncle with strong inter-ramal spine; uropod 3 rami longer than peduncle, outer ramus with small second article, inner ramus with short stout terminal spines. MALE: coxa 1 smaller than coxa 2; gnathopods 1 and 2 of similar size; gnathopod 1 palm without spine; gnathopod 2 basis heavily swollen, propodus palm defined by a spine; FEMALE: gnathopod 2 more robust than gnathopod 1.

Type species. Lembos caputphotis Ledoyer, 1968 .

Included species. L. caputphotis ( Ledoyer, 1968) , L. haleiwa ( J.L. Barnard, 1970) , L. isochelata ( Ledoyer, 1972) , L. kunensis sp. nov.,? L. spinosa Ren, 2006 .

Remarks. In L. spinosa Ren, 2006 , mandibular palp article 3 has a comb of short setae along its posterior margin (absent in Ledoyerella ) and the maxilliped palp article 2 is very elongate, 3 × as long as broad (about 2 × as long as broad in Ledoyerella ). The male gnathopods are unknown. For the moment the allocation of this taxon to Ledoyerella must remain unconfirmed.