Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, 1833)

Metoponorthus (Metoponorthus) pruinosus; Vandel, 1958a, p. 129

Porcellionides pruinosus; Achouri et al., 2008c, p. 76–78; Achouri et al., 2008a, p. 129

Material examined

1 ♂, 1 ♀, St. 13, cave entrance, leg. C. Rossano, 28 April 2004 (MZUF 9488) .

Previous Rif records

Peñón de Alhucemas (Vandel 1958a); Oued Laou region (Achouri et al. 2008a, 2008c).

Distribution

Species of Mediterranean origin with a cosmopolitan distribution.

Remarks

For diagnostic characters of P. pruinosus see Vandel (1962, p. 618, Figures 306, 307) and Gruner (1966, p. 251, Figures 190–193).