Heterocypris punctata Keyser 1975

Scott-Frías, Joxmer, González, Ernesto, Pardo, María José, Torres, Rubén, Higuti, Janet, Cohuo, Sergio & López, Carlos, 2023, An updated checklist of recent non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) from Venezuela, Zootaxa 5369 (4), pp. 485-512 : 496

Heterocypris punctata Keyser 1975

Heterocypris punctata — Broodbakker 1982: 223–224, table I–II, fig. 1, 6C–D, 8B, 8F–G, 9F–G, 10E; H. punctata — Broodbakker 1983b: 122–124, table IV; H. punctata — Broodbakker 1984a: 30, 32, table I.

Synonym: Manuelcypris punctata ( Keyser 1975) Yoo et al. 2017 .

Type locality: Marco Island , Florida, United States (25º57’45” N, 81º43’45” W). Holotype — ZMH, K–30332.

In Venezuela: at the following localities according to Broodbakker (1982, 1983b, 1984a): SUCRE State —WH 1936/?, Chacopata, Araya Peninsula (GN 10º40’37” N, 63º49’05” W). LA BLANQUILLA Island—S 1982/08b, open pit dug in clay, probably permanent, no locality details (GN 11°50’57” N, 64°36’06” W).

Remarks: geographical distribution of the species includes the Caribbean Islands, such as Antigua and Barbuda, Martinique, St. Kitts, St. Martin, Anguilla, Turks and Caicos, United States (Florida), Venezuela ( Broodbakker 1982, 1983b), Guatemala ( Pérez et al. 2010), and Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula) ( Cohuo et al. 2016).