Latreillopsis tetraspinosa Dai & Chen, 1980

Forges, Bertrand Richer De & Ng, Peter K. L., 2008, New western Pacific records of Homolidae De Haan, 1839, with descriptions of new species of Homolochunia Doflein, 1904, and Latreillopsis Henderson, 1888 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 1967, pp. 1-35 : 28

Latreillopsis tetraspinosa Dai & Chen, 1980

Latreillopsis tetraspinosa Dai & Chen, 1980: 39 , figs. 1–5. — For a complete synonymy prior to 1995, see Guinot & Richer de Forges 1995: 404, fig. 39a–f, 42C–D, 43D. — Takeda & Manuel-Santos 2007: 88, fig. 4A. — Richer de Forges & Ng 2007: 35, fig. 1D. — Ng et al. 2008: 40.

Material examined. Solomon Islands: SALOMONBOA, stn. CP 2804, 09°14.16’S 161°19.85’E, 150–175 m, 17 September 2007: 1 male (6.8 x 4.7 mm) ( MNHN-B31305 ) .

Remarks. This species, described from the South China Sea ( Dai & Chen 1980) was subsequently recorded from Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia ( Guinot & Richer de Forges 1995). The present record from the Solomons extends its distribution. Richer de Forges & Ng (2007: 31, Fig. 1D) provided a colour photograph of L. tetraspinosa showing a pattern very different from that of L. bispinosa or L. marivenae Richer de Forges & Ng 2007 .