Leberis davidi (Richard, 1895)

Kotov, Alexey A. & Ferrari, Frank D., 2010, The taxonomic research of Jules Richard on Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) and his collection at the National Museum of Natural History, U. S. A., Zootaxa 2551 (1), pp. 37-64 : 54-55

33. Leberis davidi (Richard, 1895)

Alona Davidi Richard 1895e, p. 192 –195, figs 5–8. Alona Davidi var. Iheringi Richard 1897a, p. 294 –296, figs 42–43.

Alonella diaphana (King) in Sars 1901, p. 60 –61, Pl. 10: figs 3, 3a–b; Birabèn 1939, p. 663 –665, figs 17–18.

Alonella punctata Daday 1905, p. 163 –164, Pl. 10: figs 12–17.

Leberis davidi (Richard) in Sinev et al. 2005, p. 193–201, figs 60–150.

Type locality. "une mare à Drouillard, près de Port-au-Prince" (Richard 1895e), Haiti .

Richard's specimens. Unknown.

Of numerous samples from Haiti ( DGF 719, 721, 727, 751, 752, 788, 792, 800, 8005, 806, 836, 909, 989) none contain specimens of Leberis .

Comments. Valid species recently redescribed from numerous South American localities by Sinev et al. (2005). Elias-Gutierrez and Valdez-Moreno (2008) found a similar species in Mexico. According to recent knowledge, L. davidi is widely distributed in the Neotropics, but a new, careful re-examination is needed.