Porcellio obsoletus Budde-Lund, 1885

Kashani, Ghasem M., Ahdiyeh, Abedini & Zahra, Hatami, 2017, Terrestrial isopods of the genus Porcellio Latreille, 1804 (Isopoda; Oniscidea) in Iran, with a description of a new species, Zootaxa 4311 (1), pp. 129-136 : 133

Porcellio obsoletus Budde-Lund, 1885

Material examined. Mazandaran, Pool to Kojoor , 27 July 2014, leg. G.M. Kashani, one male ( PCGMK 1938 ).

Remarks. Schmalfuss (1986) reported P. obsoletus from one locality in northern Iran ( Fig. 1 ) and later ( Schmalfuss 1992) suggested the separation of Iranian population from the main distribution area of the species has been occurred by the ecological barriers (steppe) or climate factors (e. g. temperature). In the present study, this species was found in just one locality ( Fig. 1 ) indicating presumably the restricted distribution of the species in northern Iran.

Distribution. Central Italy; Yugoslavia; Greece; southwestern Turkey; Cyprus; Lebanon; northern Syria; Crimea; northern Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Map of Iran indicating the sampling localities of Porcellio obsoletus (D previous records, ■ new records) and P. evansi (O previous records) with the provinces of Chehar – Mahal va Bakhtiari and Kohgiluyeh va Boyer – Ahmad enlarged (above right) to show the sampling localities of Porcellio mehrdadi sp. nov. (●); * indicates the type locality. Figures refer to the sampling localities indicated in brackets in the material examined section for each species. Bu: Bushehr; CB: Chehar – Mahal va Bakhtiari; EA: Eastern Azarbaijan; Fa: Fars; Hm: Hamedan; Hr: Hormozgan; Im: Ilam; KB: Kohgiluyeh va Boyer – Ahmad; Kh: Khuzestan; Km: Kerman; Ko: Kordestan; Kr: Kermanshah; Lo: Lorestan; Mk: Markazi; Mn: Mazandaran; Qo: Qom; SB: Sistan va Balouchistan; WA: Western Azarbaijan; Yz: Yazd; Zn: Zanjan.