Armadillidium granulatum Brandt, 1833

Armadillidium granulatum; Dollfus, 1896, p. 528; Paulian de Félice, 1939, p. 212; Vandel, 1958a, p. 130; Achouri et al., 2008c, pp. 76–78; Achouri et al., 2008a, p. 129

Material examined

Many ♂♂ and ♀♀, St. 2, under stones at base of cliff, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 1 May 2004 (MZUF 9570) .

Previous Rif records

Melilla; Taxdirt and Ixmoart, near Melilla; Sidi Yacoub el Basi, near Peñón de Velez; Tétouan; Benitez, near Ceuta (Vandel 1958a); Oued Laou region (Achouri et al. 2008a, 2008c).

Distribution

Littoral species distributed along the coasts of the Mediterranean, Atlantic coasts of Morocco, Portugal, France, Madeira and the Azores.

Remarks

For diagnostic characters of A. granulatum see Vandel (1962, p. 796, Figure 383).