Talorchestia spinipalma (Dana, 1852)

Orchestia spinipalma Dana, 1852: 203 .— Dana, 1853: 875, pl. 59, fig. 4a–e.— Bate, 1862: 28, pl. 4, fig. 9.

Talorchestia spinipalma .— Stebbing, 1906: 552 (in part, part = T. terraereginae). Stephensen, 1935: 12.— Schellenberg, 1938: 66.—J. L. Barnard, 1960: 24, figs 7, 8.— Bousfield, 1970: 163.— Morino & Miyamoto, 1988: 95, figs 4–6.— Lowry & Springthorpe, 2009: 905.— Serejo, 2009: 895, figs 3, 4.— Lowry & Bopiah, 2013: 354, figs 5–8.

Not Talorchestia spinipalma .— Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 276 (= T. terraereginae Haswell, 1880).

Neotype: Male, 16.5 mm, AM P.87317, just north of Liku’alofa Beach Resort, Tongatapu, Tonga, 21°04'50.29"S 175°20'39.10"W, fine white sand on steep narrow beach.

Other material examined. 5 males (adults and juveniles), 4 females AM P.97475, Thio mission, Grand Terre, New Caledonia, 21°37.261'S 166°15.598'E, supralittoral, and extended black sand beach with pumice, hand collection with entomological aspirator, J. K. Lowry & L. Fanini, 27 December 2014 .

Osaka Museum of Natural History New Caledonian