Porcellio echinatus Lucas, 1849

Porcellio (Euporcellio) echinatus; Paulian de Félice, 1939, p. 198

Porcellio echinatus; Dollfus, 1896, p. 532; Vandel, 1958a, p. 129; Achouri et al., 2008c, pp. 76–78

Material examined

2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, St. 6, near well and wheat field, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 26 April 2004 (MZUF 9536); 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, St. 7, leg. S. Taiti, 29 April 2004 (MZUF 9537); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same locality, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 29 September 2005 (MZUF 9538); 2 ♀♀, St. 9, under stones in meadow, leg. S. Taiti, 28 April 2004 (MZUF 9539); 1 ♀, St. 10, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 26 April 2004 (MZUF 9540); 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀, St. 14, Phillyrea wood, leg. S. Taiti, 27 April 2004 (MZUF 9541) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, same locality, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 27 September 2005 (MZUF 9542); 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, St. 19, leg. S. Taiti, 29 April 2004 (MZUF 9543); 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, St. 20, under stones along path to waterfall, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 2 May 2004 (MZUF 9544); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, St. 26, cork-oak wood, leg. S. Taiti, 30 April 2004 (MZUF 9545) .

Previous Rif records

Taxdirt, west of Melilla (Vandel 1958a); Oued Laou region (Achouri et al. 2008c).

Distribution

Southern Portugal, southern Spain, northern Morocco, and north-western Algeria.

Remarks

For diagnostic characters of P. echinatus see Vandel (1946, p. 304, Figures 125–129).