Latreillia Explained

Latreillia is a genus of crabs in the family Latreilliidae, comprising five species:^{[1] [2]}

The name Latreillia honors Pierre André Latreille. A genus of flies was also given the same name and, as a junior homonym, was renamed Belvosia.

Notes and References

1. Ng . Peter K. L. . Peter Kee Lin Ng . Guinot . Danièle . Danièle Guinot . Davie . Peter J. F. . January 2008 . Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world . live . . 17 . 1–286 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf . 6 June 2011 . 8 June 2011 . the National University of Singapore.
2. De Grave. Sammy. 26 September 2022. Latreillia Roux, 1830. 106870. 13 October 2024.