ABSTRACT: The mantis shrimp family Lysiosquillidae includes the largest known stomatopods and presently includes three genera: Lysiosquilla Dana, 1852, Lysiosquillina Manning, 1995, and Lysiosquilloides Manning, 1977. Since 1995, new species assigned to all three lysiosquilloid genera have been recognised: Lysiosquilla manningi Boyko, 2000, Lysiosquillina lisa Ahyong & Randall, 2001, Lysiosquilla colemani Ahyong, 2001, Lysiosquilla suthersi Ahyong, 2001, and Lysiosquilloides mapia Erdmann & Boyer, 2003, and Lysiosquilla isos Ahyong, 2004. Lysiosquillina lisa, Lysiosquilla campechiensis Manning, 1962 and Lysiosquilla suthersi, however, proved problematical to assign to genera owing to the possession of characters inte
