Leptodius sanguineus

Leptodius sanguineus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1834) (Fig. 17C) Leptodius sanguineus Richters 1880: 147; 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) 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.