Armadillo officinalis Duméril, 1816

Armadillo officinalis; Dollfus, 1896, p. 527; Paulian de Félice, 1939, p. 212; Vandel, 1958a, p. 130; Achouri et al., 2008c, pp. 76–78

Material examined

6 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, St. 2, under stones at base of cliff, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 1 May 2004 (MZUF 9580) ; 1 ♀, St. 7, leg. S. Taiti, 29 April 2004 (MZUF 9581) ; 6 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, same locality, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 29 September 2005 (MZUF 9582); 5 ♂♂, 11 ♀♀, 2 juvs, St. 10, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 26 April 2004 (MZUF 9583) ; 1 ♂, 5 ♀♀, St. 11, leg. S. Taiti, 27 April 2004 (MZUF 9584) ; 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀, St. 12, leg. C. Rossano, 26 April 2004; (MZUF 9585) 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, St. 14, Phillyrea wood, leg. S. Taiti, 27 April 2004 (MZUF 9586) ; 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, 1 juv., same locality, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 27 September 2005 (MZUF 9587); 9 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, 6 juvs, St. 15, sieved ground near stream, leg. S. Taiti, 27 April 2004 (MZUF 9588) ; 6 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀, St. 16, along road margin under stones, leg. S. Taiti, 28 April 2004 (MZUF 9589) ; 2 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀, St. 19, leg. S. Taiti, 29 April 2004 (MZUF 9590) ; 4 ♀♀, St. 20, under stones along path to waterfall, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 2 May 2004 (MZUF 9591) ; 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, St. 21, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 30 September 2005 (MZUF 9592) ; 1 ♀, St. 23, under stones, leg. S. Taiti, 30 April 2004 (MZUF 9593) .

Previous Rif records

Ixmoart and Mt Gurugu, near Melilla; Isla de Alhucemas; Tétouan; Benitez, near Ceuta (Vandel 1958a); Oued Laou region (Achouri et al. 2008c).

Distribution

Mediterranean basin, Morocco and Portugal.

Remarks

For diagnostic characters of A. officinalis see Vandel (1962, p. 855, Figures 408, 409).