Talitroides topitotum (Burt, 1934)

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Talitroides topitotum (Burt, 1934)

Talitrus topitotum Burt, 1934: 181, pls 12, 13.

Talitrus decoratus Carl, 1934: 741.

Talitrus sylvaticus Shoemaker, 1936 (non Haswell, 1880): 60.

Talitrus pacificus Hurley, 1955: 144.

Talitroides topitotum Friend and Lam, 1985: 27, figures 1, 2.

Materials examined. Two males and one female; Hill in the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island .

Diagnosis. This species is characterized by antenna 1 reaching almost to the distal end of the peduncle of antenna 2; the shape of the gill of pereopod 6; pleopod 3 is reduced to a short, slender peduncle, which bears a one-segmented inner ramus, usually armed with a single, plumose seta.

Habitat. T. topitotum is widespread ( India, Sri Lanka, Hawaii, USA, Brazil, Australia and Europe) and is usually found in greenhouses, forests and warm moist environments.