Parapylocheles scorpio Alcock 1894

Parapylocheles scorpio (Alcock, 1894)

Pylocheles scorpio Alcock, 1894: 244 [type locality: Andaman Sea, 740 m].—Alcock & Anderson 1895: pl. 9, fig. 7, 7a, b. Parapylocheles scorpio.—Alcock 1901: 214; 1905: 20, pl. 1, fig. 1a, b.—Balss 1912: 89, 114, 116, 118, pl. 10, figs 1, 2, pl. 11, figs. 7, 8.—Forest 1987a: 140, figs. 4b, 6a, b, 7e, 39a–h, 40a–f, 41b, 42a–f, pl. I C, III E, VII C, D; 1987b: 314, fig. 3.— Lemaitre et al. 2009: 5.—McLaughlin & Lemaitre 2009: 196, fig. 10.

Material examined. BIOPAPUA, stn CP 3710, Astrolabe Bay, 05°22’S, 145°48’E, 372–384 m, 5 October 2010, 1 male (sl 12.2 mm), MNHN-IU-2011-2079.

PAPUA NIUGINI, stn CP 3949, W of Kranket Island, 05°12’S, 145°51’E, 380–407 m, 26 November 2012, 1 female (sl 13.2 mm; photographed), MNHN-IU-2013-877; same data, 1 male (sl 15.2 mm), MNHN-IU-2013- 14421; same data, 1 male (sl 6.3 mm), MNHN-IU-2013-14422; stn CP 3952, W of Madang, 05°13’S, 145°51’E, 389–432 m, 27 November 2012, 1 male (15.5 mm), MNHN-IU-2013-2037; stn CP 4035, E of Kotakot, 04°31’S, 145°30’E, 380–382 m, 17 December 2012, 1 male (sl 9.0 mm), MNHN-IU-2013-14420; stn CP 4049, W of Kairiru Island, Bismarck Sea, 03°19’S, 143°27’E, 422–425 m, 19 December 2012, 1 female (sl 7.6 mm), MNHN-IU-2013- 13211; stn CP 4065, Dogreto Bay, Bismarck Sea, 03°19’S, 143°01’E, 380 m, 22 December 2012, 11 males (sl 3.0– 14.0 mm), 8 females (sl 3.6–9.3 mm), MNHN-IU-2014-10291.

Description. See Forest (1987a: 140) and McLaughlin & Lemaitre (2009: 196).

Size. Largest male sl 15.5 mm; largest female sl 13.2 mm.

Distribution. Previously known from Andaman Sea, Philippines; 200–925 m (McLaughlin & Lemaitre 2009). Newly recorded from Papua New Guinea, 372–425 m.

Habitat. Hollows in sunken wood (McLaughlin & Lemaitre 2009; this study).

Remarks. The present specimens agree well with the previous descriptions by Forest (1987a) and McLaughlin & Lemaitre (2009).