Leucilla proteus Dendy, 1913
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4426.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5966830 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/386CC616-DCE4-A5A7-FF67-8C35FC75FACC |
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Leucilla proteus Dendy, 1913 |
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Dendy (1913: 26) described this species from the Seychelles as distinct, but very close to L. australiensis ( Carter, 1886) . He suggested that it was possible that the small Seychelles specimens could be juveniles of the Australian species. L. australiensis was also reported from Indonesia (cf. Van Soest & De Voogd 2015, p. 95) and from South Africa ( Borojević 1967, p. 221). Borojević (1967) and Borojević & Boury-Esnault (1987b) supported Dendy’s view and synonymized L. proteus with L. australiensis , but eventually Borojević et al. (2000) reassigned L. proteus to Paraleucilla proteus as a separate valid species. Above, the species is compared with Paraleucilla erpenbecki sp.nov., showing that the differences with that species are considerable.
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