Leptodius sanguineus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1834)

Leptodius sanguineus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1834) View in CoL ( Fig. 17C View Fig )

Leptodius sanguineus Richters 1880: 147 View in CoL ; Alcock and Anderson 1894: 200; De Man 1902: 602; Borradaile 1902: 252; Lenz 1905: 352; 1910: 548; Grant and McCulloch 1906: 10; Rathbun 1906: 847; 1907: 39; Nobili 1907: 389; Calman 1909: 704; Klunzinger 1913: 213 (117); Bouvier 1915: 284 (107); Parisi 1916: 181; Gravier 1920: 466; Balss 1922: 127; 1938: 42; Boone 1934: 116, pls. 60, 61; Ward 1934: 14; 1942: 89; Forest and Guinot 1961: 63, fig. 50; Sankarankutty 1961: 129; 1962: 128, fig. 10–11; Edmondson 1962: 240, fig. 6e; Guinot 1962a: 235; 1967b: 265; Sakai 1965: 141, pl. 70, fig. 4; 1976: 422, fig. 222; Serène 1968: 75; 1984: 183–184, fig. 106, pl. XXVI A (for complete synonymy); Ooishi 1970: 92, fig. 12, pl. 13; Takeda 1976: 77; Takeda and Miyake 1976: 109; Takeda and Nunomura 1976: 71; Chen and Lan 1978: 263; Ng et al. 2008: 203 [List]; Ng et al. 2017: 93 (for complete collection records from Taiwan).

Material examined: 1 ò, NMNS 8772-51, 14.9 × 9.5, Youzaihu, Ludao Township, Taitung County, 6 September 1996; 3 ñ, NMNS 8772-52, 10.5–11.6 × 6.5–7.9, Longtou, Lanyu Township, Taitung County, 5 September 1998; 3 ò 1 ñ, NMNS 8772-53, 5.8–9.5 × 3.9–6.8, Jihuei, Taitung County, 7 October 2010; 1 ò, NMNS 8772-54, 14.1 × 8.8, Shitiping, Hualien County, coll. Y.-W. Tzeng, 20 August 2012.

Distribution: Indo-West Pacific; Red Sea; Hawaii ( Serène 1984).

Remarks: Leptodius sanguineus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) ( Fig. 17C View Fig ) is commonly found on the rocky coasts of Taiwan ( Ng et al. 2017). This study reports new collection sites for this species along the coasts of eastern Taiwan and offshore islands in the southwestern and southeastern regions.