Aegla singularis Ringuelet, 1948

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 : 37-38

Aegla singularis Ringuelet, 1948

(Fig. 5A–B)

Type material. MLP 109 (and 148), Syntype (2 males and 3 females), Argentina, Misiones, Pindapoy, 27º45'S, 55º48'W, A. Bridarolli coll., 05/VI/1943.

Aegla singularis . A, syntype in dorsal view. B, syntype in ventral view.

Remarks. Ringuelet (1948b: 204) designated 6 specimens as “cotypes”, 3 males and 3 females belonging to 2 lots: MLP 147 (Pindapoy, Misiones, 1 male, I/1943, coll. M. Birabén) and MLP 148. Measurements of 2 males and 2 females from lot 148 and of 1 female from lot 147 are provided in the description. No reference on the lot of the remaining type female is given. In the original description, Ringuelet mentioned another lot, MLP 149 from San Ignacio, Misiones, Argentina, 1 male, II/1945, coll. by M. Büllow. Lots 147 and 149 are not found in the Collection of Museo de La Plata.

This lot was studied by Bond-Buckup & Buckup (1994: 240–241).