Bemlos pseudopunctatus (Ledoyer) Myers, 2004

Myers, Alan, 2004, Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the family Aoridae (Corophiidea) from Rodrigues, Indian Ocean, Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3123-3135 : 3123-3125

Bemlos pseudopunctatus (Ledoyer) new combination

( figures 1C , 8a )

Lembos pseudopunctatus Ledoyer, 1978: 253 , figure 21.

Material examined. One male, Rivière Banane, reef flat, 20 September 2001, GPS: 19‡40.271’S, 63‡28.575’E, Boodlea composita attached to coral.

Remarks. This species was first described by Ledoyer (1978) from Mauritius and the present material agrees well with that description. Bemlos pseudopunctatus is readily distinguished from other species of Bemlos in Rodrigues by its distinct dorsal bands of brown pigment on pereon segments 2, 4, 6 and 7.

The present record extends its known distribution within the Mascarene Islands.

Figures

FIG. 1. (A) Bemlos pustulatus sp. nov., male holotype AMP67443, Gravier; (B) Globosolembos rodriguensis sp. nov., male holotype AMP67442, Grand Pate´; (C) Bemlos pseudopunctatus (Ledoyer), Rivière Banane.

FIG. 8. (a)Bemlos pseudopunctatus(Ledoyer), Rivière Banane; (b) Ritaumius longicornis Ledoyer, Ile aux Fous.