For the fly genus "Latreillia", see Belvosia.
| Latreillia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Homoloidea |
| Family: | Latreilliidae |
| Genus: | Latreillia Roux, 1830 |
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Latreillia is a genus of crabs in the family Latreilliidae.
Etymology
The name Latreillia honors Pierre André Latreille. In 1830, after Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's death and the division of his responsibilities in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Latreille was appointed professor of zoology of crustaceans, arachnids and insects. A genus of flies also was also given the same name and, as a junior homonym, was renamed Belvosia.
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