Cataleptodius floridanus (Gibbes, 1850)

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Chlorodius floridanus Gibbes 1850: 175 [type-locality: Key West, Florida; type probably in USNM].

Chlorodius limosus Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867: 30.

Cataleptodius floridanus . — Rathbun 1930: 297, pl. 137–138; Guinot 1967: 704, figs. 19, 21, 28; Keith 1985: 263, fig. 7D; Abele & Kim 1986: 56; Melo 1996: 343, unnumbered fig.; Alves et al. 2012: 945; Boos et al. 2012: 1034; Garcia & Capote 2015: 16, fig. 7f–g; Mantelatto et al. 2020: 78, fig. 21A; Jarquín-González et al. 2022: 6, tab. 2, 8, fig. 2.

Distribution. Western Atlantic: USA (Florida), Bermuda, Cuba, Jamaica, Gulf of Mexico, St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Martin, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Margarita, Cubagua, Tortuga, Los Roques, Bonaire, Curacao, Aruba, Central America, north-eastern coast of South America, and Brazil (Rathbun 1897; Poupin 2018; Alves et al. 2012).

Material examined. Barbados, Jordans, St. James, nearshore rubble, 13°14’48.24”N, 59°38’40.90”W, 1 Ô CW: 15.3 mm (BLSZ 139) . Coconut Court, Christ Church, nearshore rubble, 13°04’31.59”N, 59°36’13.78”W, 1 Ô CW: 23.5 mm (BLSZ 141) . Drill Hall, St. Michael, nearshore rubble, 13°04’36.30”N, 59°36’26.63”W, 1 Ô CW: 17.9 mm (BLSZ 136) . Idem, 1 Ô CW: 23.5 mm (BLSZ 014) . Idem, 2 Ô, 1 ♀ CW: 13.5, 24.3, 13.4 mm (BLSZ 144) . Idem, 1 Ô CW: 23.8 mm (BLSZ 157) . Idem, 1 Ô CW: 20.1 mm (MZUSP 40882) . Idem, 1 Ô CW: 21.7 mm (BLSZ 273) .

Remarks. Cataleptodius floridanus is very abundant in Barbados and was collected by hand at low tide in nearshore rubble habitat, under rock rubble, on the west coast of Barbados. Rathbun (1921: 69) reported specimens of Leptodius floridanus (one juvenile, USNM 76108; one male, one juvenile female, USNM 76166; four females (three ovigerous), USNM 58006; two males, USNM 76107; three males, USNM 58007) collected in Barbados by the Barbados-Antigua Expedition in 1918. Additionally, Jones (1968a: 158) mentions Leptodius floridanus occurring in Barbados.

Genus Mecataleptodius Tavares & Mendonça, 2022