Trapezia rufopunctata (Herbst, 1799)

PETER CASTRO, PETER K. L. NG & SHANE T. AHYONG, 2004, Phylogeny and systematics of the Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 (Crustacea: Brachyura), with the description of a new family, Zootaxa 643, pp. 1-70 : 52-53

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Trapezia rufopunctata (Herbst, 1799) View in CoL

Cancer rufopunctatus Herbst, 1799: 54 , pl. 47, fig. 6 (colour).

Grapsillus maculatus Macleay, 1838: 67 View in CoL .

Trapezia acutifrons A. Milne Edwards, 1867: 281 View in CoL .

Quadrella rufopunctata Chen, 1933: 111 View in CoL , fig. 55 (junior homonym of Cancer rufopunctatus Herbst, 1799 )

Remarks. The taxonomy of this species is now quite stable. Ng & Ahyong (2000) showed that the lectotype of Grapsillus maculatus Macleay, 1838 was still extant (in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney) and that it fits the concept of T. rufopunctata as currently understood (see Galil & Lewinsohn 1985: 209; Castro 1997a: 127).

The dried male and female syntypes of Trapezia acutifrons A. Milne Edwards, 1867 (MNHNB 2913) from the Hawaiian Islands are clearly identical to T. rufopunctata . From its description, but not the figure ( Chen 1933: 111, fig. 55), Quadrella rufopunctata (type locality Sri Lanka) (not Cancer rufopunctata Herbst, 1799 ) is almost certainly T. rufopunctata .