Lembos quadrimanus Sivaprakasam, 1971: 81, figure 1.
Lembos waipio Ledoyer, 1972: 200, pls 21a, 22, 24 (not L. waipio Barnard, 1970: 85, figures 44, 45).
Lembos quadrimanus mozambicus Myers, 1975a: 359, figures 33–39; Ledoyer, 1982: 288, figure 107.
Bemlos quadrimanus Myers, 1988a: 188; Myers, 1988b: 282, figure 14; Myers, 2002: 216.
Material examined. Three males, six females, Petite Butte, close to shore, 21 September 2001, 19‡45.012’S, 63‡23.803’E, in Jania adherens; two males, six females, same locality, date and GPS reading, in Jania adherens on small basaltic rocks; one male, same locality and date, 19‡45.066’S, 63‡23.802’E, in Padina sp.; one male, two females, same locality, date and GPS reading, in Turbinaria ornata; five males, eight females, same locality and date, 19‡45.012’S, 63‡23.803’E, Caulerpa brachypus over silt, A. Mackie; six males, eight females, Passe Coco, 8 m, 22 September 2001, 19‡40.282’S, 63‡25.378’E, dead coral over silty sand.
Remarks. This species is known across the Indian Ocean from East Africa, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, India, Thailand and Western Australia.