Ligia exotica Roux 1828

Overview & Synopsis

2. Ligia exotica Roux, 1828Ligia exotica Roux, 1828: 3, pl. XIII, fig. 9. – Andersson, 1960a: 540, fig. 1k–l. – Lemos de Castro, 1971: 9, fig.4. – Souza, 1998: 101. – Souza-Kury, 1998: 657. – Leistikow and Wägele, 1999: 2. – Schmalfuss, 2003: 124. – Lopes et al., 2006: 5, figs. 2–15. – Lopes-Leitzke et al., 2009: 735, figs. 1–7. – Lopes-Leitzke, 2011: 149, figs. 1–8.Ligyda exotica – Richardson, 1905: 676, figs. 716, 717. – Van Name, 1920: 72, figs. 27–30. – Moreira, 1931: 433.Ligyda olfersii – Richardson, 1905: 674, figs. 714, 715. – Van Name, 1920: 77, figs. 31–34. – Moreira, 1931: 433.Ligia (Megaligia) olfersii – Van Name, 1936: 53, figs. 5d, 11.Ligia olfersii – Souza-Kury, 1998: 657. – Schmalfuss, 2003: 127.Distribution. Circumtropical species (Schmalfuss, 2003). Specimens of L. exotica deposited in the UFRGS collection were sampled in Salvador, state of Bahia (9♂, 5♀, UFRGS 4697); Bombinhas, state of Santa Catarina (7♂, 5♀, UFRGS 4696); and Torres, state of Rio Grande do Sul (3♂, 10♀, UFRGS 2499). To date, this species is recorded from the states of Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul (Richardson, 1905; Andersson, 1960a; Lopes et al., 2006; Lopes-Leitzke et al., 2009; 2011).