Leptestheria mayeti ( Simon, 1886 )

Rogers, D. Christopher, 2020, Spinicaudata Catalogus (Crustacea: Branchiopoda)., Zoological Studies 59 (45), pp. 1-44 : 33-34

Leptestheria mayeti ( Simon, 1886)

= Estheria mayeti Simon, 1886

= Estheria angulosa Simon, 1886

= Isaura mayeti ( Simon, 1886) in Alonso 1996

= Leptestheria lybica Colosi, 1921

= Leptestheria cortieri Daday, 1923: 324 , fide Thiéry, 1996

= Leptestheria aff. cortieri in Cottarelli & Mura, 1983

Comments: Northern Sahara ( Gauthier 1930 1938); Algeria, Balaeric Islands, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen, possibly Sicily ( Simon 1886; Gauthier 1929; Alonso 1996; Thiéry 1986 1996; Roux and Thiéry 1988; Samraoui et al. 2006; Rabet et al. 2015; Van den Broeck 2015). Redescribed by Daday (1923: 288) and by Alonso (1996), who provided excellent figures. Gauthier (1938) describes some variation.

Leptestheria nobilis Sars, 1900

= Leptestheriella nobilis ( Sars, 1900)

= L e p t e s t h e r i a h e n d e r s o n i S a r s, 1 9 0 0, f i d e Simhachalam & Timms, 2012

= Leptestheriella hendersoni Sars, 1900 , fide Simhachalam & Timms, 2012

= Leptestheriella gigas Karande & Inamdar, 1960 , fide Simhachalam & Timms, 2012

= Leptestheriella maduraiensis Nayar & Nair, 1968 , fide Simhachalam & Timms, 2012

= Leptestheria maduraiensis ( Nayar & Nair, 1968) , fide Simhachalam & Timms, 2012

Comments: India. Redescribed by Daday (1923: 358). Reviewed in Rogers and Padhye (2015). Should be closely compared with L. simhadrii . Padhye and Ghate (2016) provide differential diagnosis.

Leptestheria orientalis Spandl, 1925

Comments: Known from a single collection from

Borneo, near Sarawak.

Leptestheria rubidgei ( Baird, 1862)

= Estheria rubidgei Baird, 1862

= Estheria macgillivrai Baird, 1862

= Leptestheria macgillivrayi ( Baird, 1862) fide Sars, 1899

= Leptestheria siliqva Sars, 1898b , fide Sars, 1899

= Leptestheria braueri Daday, 1923: 280 fide Barnard, 1929

= Leptestheria gigantea Wolf , in Daday, 1923 fide Barnard, 1929

= Leptestheria siliqva v. gigantea Wolf (in litteris), nomen nudum in Daday, 1923

Comments: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe ( Barnard 1924 1929; Brendonck 1999; Nhiwatiwa et al. 2014; Mabidi et al. 2016; Milne et al. 2020). Figured in Sars (1898b) and Brendonck (1999). Sars (1899) provides some very good figures.

Leptestheria sambharensis ( Tiwari, 1966) = Sewellestheria sambharensis Tiwari, 1966

Comments: Known only from the type locality: Sambur Lake, Rajasthan, India. Probably extinct. Brief review in Rogers and Padhye (2015).