Aegla montana Ringuelet, 1960

César, Inés I. & Damborenea, Cristina, 2010, Type and non-type specimens of Aegla (Decapoda: Anomura: Aeglidae) housed in the Museo de La Plata, Argentina, Zootaxa 2337, pp. 31-46 : 33-34

Aegla montana Ringuelet, 1960

( Fig. 2 A–B)

Type material. MLP 41 (86 and 4815), Syntypes (5 males), Argentina, Mendoza, El Sosneado, Atuel River, 35°04´S, 69°34´W, 1543 m a.s.l., Carette coll., 1921.

Remarks. Ringuelet (1948a: 323) mentioned and briefly described this lot, reporting it as Aegla sp. He described this species in 1960. Ringuelet (1960b: 231) described the male holotype specimen and 4 male paratypes. The collection presents only one lot with five male specimens. Bond-Buckup & Buckup (1994: 198) studied this material and considered A. montana to be a junior synonim of A. affinis .

Other lots. MLP 298, (8 males and 1 female), Argentina, Mendoza, El Sosneado, Atuel River, 35°04´S, 69°34´W, 1543 m a.s.l., Prosser coll., 10/IV/1950.

Remarks. The specimens are from type locality and identified by R. Ringuelet. However, no bibliography by the author reporting this material is available. Bond-Buckup & Buckup (1994: 198) studied this material and identified it as A. affinis .

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FIGURE 2. Aegla montana. A, syntype in dorsal view. B, syntype in ventral view.