Laniporchestia lanipo ( Richardson, 1991 )

Lowry, J. K. & Myers, A. A., 2022, Platorchestiinae subfam. nov. (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Talitridae) with the description of three new genera and four new species, Zootaxa 5100 (1), pp. 1-53 : 23-25

Laniporchestia lanipo ( Richardson, 1991)

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Platorchestia lanipo Richardson, 1991: 186 , figs 1–3.— Springthorpe & Lowry, 1994: 22.— Bousfield & Poinar, 1995: 754.—

Stock, 1996: 156.— Miyamoto & Morino, 2004: 69.— Serejo & Lowry, 2008: 189.— Cheng et al., 2011: 16. Laniporchestia lanipo Lowry & Myers, 2019: 53 , fig. 23.

Non-Taxonomic Citations

Platorchestia lanipo .— Wildish & Radulovici, 2019: 2422, table 4 (zoogeography).— Sfenthourakis et al. 2020: 376 (evolution/biogeography).

Types. Holotype, female, BPBM 14563 . Paratypes: male, 6 females, 6 males, 4 juveniles; 4 females, 3 males, 3 juveniles, NMNS NMCC 1990–0583 ; 5 females, 7 males, 15 juveniles, AM P.40429; 3 females, 1 male, 1 juveniles, BMNH 1990 :44:5.

Type locality. Highest point of Lanipo Trail (2,520 ft.), Mau’umae Ridge, Ko’olau Range , Hawaii (~ 21°18’49 ’’N 157°46’20’’W) .

Ecological type. Moss-hopper.

Habitat. Terrestrial in moss on windward side of ridge.

Size. 8.5 mm.

Diagnosis (male).

With the characters of the genus.

Remarks. According to Miyamoto & Morino (2004) Laniporchestia lanipo belongs to Platorchestia group 3. Unfortunately a female was illustrated and described. Only gnathopods 1 and 2 were illustrated for the male. Although the author’s claims that all other male characters are like the female, this may not account for subtle differences in pereopod 7 for instance. We have been able to diagnose the genus on non-incrassate characters except for the male gnathopod 1.

Distribution. Hawaii, Oahu ( Richardson 1991).

Figures

FIGURE 13. Laniporchestia lanipo (Richardson, 1991), after Richardson, 1991.