Dromia globosa Lamarck, 1818

Cleva, Régis, Guinot, Danièle & Albenga, Laurent, 2007, Annotated catalogue of brachyuran type specimens (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) deposited in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. Part I. Podotremata, Zoosystema 29 (2), pp. 229-279 : 241-242

Dromia globosa Lamarck, 1818

Dromia globosa Lamarck, 1818: 264 .

CURRENT STATUS. — Lamarckdromia globosa ( Lamarck, 1818) .

LECTOTYPE (designated by Guinot & Tavares 2003). — MNHN-B22033, without indication of origin, Guinot & Tavares det. Lamarckdromia globosa , ♂, dry, badly damaged (smashed into pieces). — Original label:“ Dromia globosa Lam. , ‘probablement les exemplaires étudiés par M. Edw. et qui furent communiqués à M. de Man auquel est due l’étiquette ci-jointe’”.

REMARKS

The male specimen identified as Dromia globosa Lamarck , deposited at the MNHN and bearing the label “it is probably the material studied by H. Milne Edwards [1837: 177] and sent to M. de Man [1888: 396, footnote, pl. 18, fig. 1]”, is considered to be the type of the species and was designated as lectotype by Guinot & Tavares (2003: 70) (also see McLay 1993; Davie 2002; Poore 2004).

Dromia hirsutissima Lamarck, 1818 (Fig. 9D)

Dromia hirsutissima Lamarck, 1818: 264 .

CURRENT STATUS. — Dromidia hirsutissima ( Lamarck, 1818) .

LECTOTYPE (designated by Guinot & Tavares 2003). — MNHN-B22034, South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Guinot & Tavares det. Dromidia hirsutissima , ♂ 26.6 × 31.0 mm, abdomen detached. — Original label:“ Dromia hirsutissima, Cap de B. Espérance ”.

REMARKS

Lamarck (1818) stated that his Dromia hirsutissima came from Cape of Good Hope (“Cap de Bonne- Espérance”) and that it was deposited in MNHN. H. Milne Edwards (1837: 176 as Dromia hirtissima [sic]) seems to have examined the same material and similarly mentioned that it was housed in the MNHN.The only specimen of Dromidia hirsutissima ( Lamarck, 1818) in the MNHN collection is a male (26.6 × 31.0 mm) labelled “Cap de Bonne- Espérance” (MNHN-B22034), and without any other detail on the label. This specimen, presently in alcohol (previously dry), is presumed to be the type specimen of Dromia hirsutissima Lamarck, 1818 , endemic to South Africa, and was selected as the lectotype of Dromidia hirsutissima by Guinot & Tavares (2003: 59).

Dromia lator H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (Fig. 8D)

Dromia lator H. Milne Edwards, 1837: 174 .

CURRENT STATUS. — Dromia erythropus (George Edwards, 1831) .

LECTOTYPE. — MNHN-B4015, West Indies , Martinique, M. Plée coll., ♂ 71 × 92 mm, dry and in good condition. — Original label: “ Dromia Lator Edw. , Martinique, M. Plée ”.

REMARKS

The designation of this specimen as “probably the type” ( Forest 1974: 80, footnote) constitutes a valid lectotype designation. A presumed syntype of Dromia lator , from the West Indies, a male labelled “Antilles” (with dissected mouthparts) deposited in the RMNH (RMNH D 42169 ), as a gift of H. Milne Edwards in 1843 ( Fransen et al. 1997: 80), is a paralectotype. The synonymy with Dromia erythropus (George Edwards, 1831) has long been accepted (Rathbun 1937; Forest 1974).