Homolomania sibogae Ihle, 1912

Ng, Peter K. L. & Forges, Bertrand Richer de, 2017, On a collection of Homolidae from the South China Sea, with descriptions of two new species of Homologenus A. Milne-Edwards, in Henderson, 1888, and the identities of Homologenus malayensis Ihle, 1912, and Lamoha superciliosa (Wood-Mason, in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65, pp. 243-268 : 251

Homolomania sibogae Ihle, 1912

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Homolomannia sibogae Ihle, 1912: 208 (for complete synonymy, see Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995: 460; Richer de Forges & Ng, 2007: 41, fig. 8C, D; Richer de Forges & Ng, 2008: 11 , figs. 9A–C, 10A–C; Ahyong et al., 2009: 91, figs. 58–60).

Material examined. 1 male (25.3 × 19.2 mm) ( ZRC 2009.0907 ), Tungkang fishing port, southern Taiwan, coll. P.K.L. Ng, 7 April 2004 . – 1 male (15.4 × 10.2 mm), 2 females (12.3 × 8.6 mm, 11.4 × 8.4 mm) ( ZRC 2016.0199 ), station CP 4135, continental shelf of Tungsha Island , 19°58.42′N 114°32.93′E – 19°58.94′N 114°37.70′E, Taiwan, South China Sea, 211–218 m, sandy coral substrate, trawl, coll. ZHONGSHA 2015, 23 July 2015 .

Colour. The colour pattern here, a uniform brownish-red ( Fig. 24G ), is typical for this species, although large individuals tend to be brown (see also Richer de Forges & Ng, 2007: fig. 8C, D; Ahyong et al., 2009: figs. 58, 59).

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Fig. 24. Colour in life, A–H from South China Sea; I, J from Papua New Guinea and Bismarck Sea. A, Lamoha longirostris (Chen, 1986), female (24.9 × 20.3 mm) (ZRC 2016.0555); B, Lamoha murotoensis (Sakai, 1979), male (20.8 × 18.4 mm) (ZRC 2016.0200); C, Paromola macrochira Sakai, 1961, female (16.5 × 11.4 mm) (ZRC 2016.0560); D, Paromola macrochira Sakai, 1961, female (16.3 × 11.1 mm) (ZRC 2016.0562); E, Moloha majora (Kubo, 1936), male (54.8 × 47.8 mm) (ZRC 2016.0197); F, Homolochunia gadaletae Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995, ovigerous female (34.1 × 26.4 mm) (ZRC 2016.0198); G, Homolomania sibogae Ihle, 1912, male (15.4 × 11.3 mm) (ZRC 2016.0199); H, Paromolopsis boasi Wood-Mason, in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891, male (20.1 × 17.7 mm) (ZRC 2016.0565); I, Homologenus malayensis Ihle, 1912, ovigerous female (16.0 × 13.9 mm) (MNHN-IU-2015-80); J, Homologenus malayensis Ihle, 1912, ovigerous female (14.9 × 9.9 mm) (MNHN-IU-2014-8052).