The redescription of the species Leptochelia bispinosa Gu u and L. corsica Dollfus, and the first description of the female of L. tenuicula Makkaveeva (Crustacea: Tanaidacea)

Leptochelia bispinosa Gu u, 2010 (from Réunion Island, Indian Ocean) and L. corsica Dollfus, 1898 (from Adriatic Sea) are redescribed and illustrated. The number of antennule articles in the specimens with female features belonging to the species L. bispinosa is commented. The female of L. tenuicula Makkaveeva, 1968 (from Martinique Island, Lesser Antilles) is recorded and described for the first time. At the same time, the diagnosis of the genus Leptochelia, as it is accepted now, is amended.