Sphaeroma terebrans Bate, 1866

Khalaji-Pirbalouty, Valiallah & Gagnon, Jean-Marc, 2023, Illustrated catalogue of sphaeromatoid isopods (Crustacea, Malacostraca) in the Canadian Museum of Nature (CMN), Zoosystematics and Evolution 99 (2), pp. 375-389 : 375

Sphaeroma terebrans Bate, 1866

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Sphaeroma terebrans Bate, 1866: 28, pl. 2, fig. 5; Stebbing 1904: 16; Richardson 1905: 282-286, figs. 294-298; Calman 1921: 217-218; Baker 1926: 247-278; Nierstrasz 1931: 192; Van Name 1936: 447-449, fig. 279; Barnard 1940: 405; Pillai 1954: 9; Pillai 1955: 129-131, Pl. 6, figs 1-11; Loyola e Silva 1960: 14-28, figs 1, 2; John 1968: 1-73, pl. 1, figs 1-36; Miller 1968: 11, fig. 3; Harrison and Holdich 1984: 287-292, fig. 4; Kensley and Schotte 1989: 234, fig. 10; Wilkinson 2004: 1; Baratti et al. 2005: 225-234; Li et al. 2016: 307, fig. 2.

Sphaeroma destructor Richardson, 1897: 105-107.

Type locality.

India.

Material examined.

USA. 3 ♂♂ (up to 9 mm); South Carolina, Charleston Co.; 25 Apr. 1965; E. L. Bousfield leg.; CMNC 1991-2576 . NIGERIA. 15 ♂♂ (up to 9 mm) ; 30 ♀♀ (up to 7 mm); Mayuku Creek ; 5 Oct. 1975; C. Powell leg.; CMNC 2023-0252 .

Distribution.

Virginia to Louisiana; Belize; Cuba; Venezuela to Brazil; Gulf of Mexico; Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zanzibar, east coast of southern Africa, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, China ( Kensley and Schotte 1989; Wilkinson 2004; Li et al. 2016).

Family Tecticipitidae Iverson, 1982

Genus Tecticeps Richardson, 1897

Figures

Figure 4. Paracerceis sculpta (Holmes, 1904), male, (CMNC 1992 - 0513). A. Dorsal view; B. Lateral view. Paradella dianae (Menzies, 1962), male, (CMNC 1990 - 0073); C. Dorsal view; D. Pleotelson, dorsal view; E. Sphaeroma quadridentatum (Say, 1818); F. Sphaeroma terebrans, Bate 1866. Tecticeps convexus Richardson, 1899, male, (CMNC 1992 - 0541); G. Dorsal view; H. Head ventral view.