Latreillia

Latreillia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Latreilliidae
Genus: Latreillia
Roux, 1830
Type species
Latreillia elegans
Roux, 1830

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

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

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