Porcellio evansi Omer-Cooper, 1923

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 : 130-133

Porcellio evansi Omer-Cooper, 1923

Porcellio rubidus Budde-Lund, 1885

Material examined. [53] Shiraz , 29°38.8'N, 52°34.2'E, 10 February 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, one male and two females ( PCGMK 1153 ) ; [54] Shiraz, by the Maharloo Lake , 29°26.8'N, 52°43.7'E, 11 February 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, five males and three females ( PCGMK 1154 ) ; [55] Shiraz, Zahed–Shahr, Gribaygan District , 28°35.9'N, 53°55.5'E, 12 February 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, one male and one female ( PCGMK 1155 ) ; [15] Qom, 16 October 2006, leg. G.M. Kashani, one male and three females ( PCGMK 1119 ) ; [1] Piranshahr , 11 December 2007, leg. A. Mohammadyari, three males and two females ( PCGMK 1157 ) ; [59] Minab , 27°19.3'N, 57°00.3'E, 25 Janyary 2007, leg. H. Salehi, one male and five females ( PCGMK 1172 ) ; [11] Eslamabad–Gharb, Mahidasht, 34°02.6'N, 46°26.7'E, 30 May 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, three males (PCGMK 1191); [10] Gilan – Gharb , 34°09.5'N, 45°53.7'E, 30 May 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, three females ( PCGMK 1192 ) ; [58] Bandarabbas, Kesharbala to Anguran , 27°15.0'N, 55°51.4'E, 25 February 2008, leg. unknown, one male and twenty females ( PCGMK 1212 ) ; [31] Dezful to Andimeshk, by the Balarood river , 32°35.3'N, 48°17.2'E, 3 March 2008, leg. H. Salehi, M. Ghanbari & A. Kazemi, two females ( PCGMK 1215 ) ; [52] Kazeroon to Konar–Takhteh, Bonaf village , 29°34.8'N, 51°30.4'E, 16 May 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, two males and two females ( PCGMK 1223 ) ; [49] Ahram, Khoon village , 28°54.4'N, 51°31.9'E, 17 May 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, det. H. Schmalfuss, two females ( PCGMK 1225 ) ; [56] Khonj , 27°50.9'N, 53°26.3'E, 18 May 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, nine males and eighteen females ( PCGMK 1230 ) ; [17] Kashan, Abyaneh village , 9 October 2008, leg. O. Mirshamsi, one male and two females ( PCGMK 1322 ) ; [42] Lordegan, Atashgah fall, 31°14.4'N, 51°00.0'E, 5 June 2008, leg. H. Salehi, one male and four females (PCGMK 1323); [7] Sanandaj to Kamyaran , 35°10.2'N, 46°55.7'E, 30 September 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, eight males and ten females ( PCGMK 1336 ) ; [9] Kamyaran, Palangan village, by the Sirvan River , 35°05.2'N, 46°37.9'E, 30 September 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, nine males and five females ( PCGMK 1339 ) ; [8] Marivan, by the Zarivar lake , 35°32.0'N, 46°08.8'E, 1 October 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, two males and five females ( PCGMK 1342 ) ; [5] Baneh , 36°01.2'N, 45°50.2'E, 2 October 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, one male ( PCGMK 1351 ) ; [4] Baneh to Sardasht , 36°02.4'N, 45°45.8'E, 2 October 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, one male and two females ( PCGMK 1355 ) ; [72] Chabahar , 4 December 2008, leg. H. Salehi, two males and one female ( PCGMK 1386 ) ; [23] Khorram–Abad, Zagheh, 33°29.0'N, 48°27.8'E, 12 November 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, three males and four females (PCGMK 1388); [24] Poledokhtar , 33°07.0'N, 47°43.4'E, 12 November 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, twenty one males and thirty four females ( PCGMK 1392 ) ; [25] Poledokhtar to Andimeshk, Chamgerdab village , 32°56.2'N, 47°52.4'E, 12 November 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, one male and five females ( PCGMK 1396 ) ; [30] Andimeshk , 32°24.5'N, 48°08.8'E, 12 November 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, one male and two females ( PCGMK 1397 ) ; [29] Dehloran to Abdanan , 32°40.7'N, 47°28.4'E, 13 November 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, three males and one female ( PCGMK 1400 ) ; [27] Abdanan to Darre–Shahr , 33°05.7'N, 47°20.0'E, 13 November 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, six females ( PCGMK 1401 ) ; [28] Darre–Shahr to Poldokhtar , 33°07.4'N, 47°35.9'E, 13 November 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, four males and one female ( PCGMK 1404 ) ; [64] Ardakan , 32°20.4'N, 53°56.3'E, 8 December 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, one male ( PCGMK 1408 ) ; [61] Jiroft , 28°39.8'N, 57°45.8'E, 11 December 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, four males and twenty four females ( PCGMK 1415 ) ; [60] Zehkloot , 27°47.9'N, 58°34.0'E, 27 February 2009, leg. G.M. Kashani, one male and one female ( PCGMK 1458 ) ; [66] Iranshahr to Sarbaz , 26°42.9'N, 61°06.5'E, 27 February 2009, leg. G.M. Kashani, one male and three females ( PCGMK 1462 ) ; [65] Rask , 26°14.7'N, 61°23.57'E, 28 February 2009, leg. G.M. Kashani, det. H. Schmalfuss, one female ( PCGMK 1463 ) ; [68] Sarbaz to Khash, Paskooh, 27°33.5'N, 61°38.4'E, 28 February 2009, leg. G.M. Kashani, seven males and twenty one females ( PCGMK 1472 ) ; [69] Sarbaz to Khash, Pirsez village , 27°40.5'N, 61°20.4'E, 28 February 2009, leg. G.M. Kashani, one male and six females ( PCGMK 1481 ) ; [70] Khash to Sangan, Chehzar village , 28°23.7'N, 61°11.7'E, 1 March 2009, leg. G.M. Kashani, two males and two females ( PCGMK 1486 ) ; [71] Mirjaveh , 28°40.7'N, 61°14.7'E, 1 March 2009, leg. G.M. Kashani, five females ( PCGMK 1489 ) ; [67] Iranshahr , 27°12.6'N, 60°41.7'E, 1 March 2009, leg. G.M. Kashani, three males and five females ( PCGMK 1499 ) ; [62] Bam to Kerman, Abaragh village , 29°20.5'N, 57°56.5'E, 3 March 2009, leg. G.M. Kashani, one male and two females ( PCGMK 1503 ) ; [63] Bam to Kerman, 10 km to Mahan , 29°59.0'N, 57°21.3'E, 3 March 2009, leg. G.M. Kashani, four males and four females ( PCGMK 1505 ) ; [32] Shoush , 32°12.9'N, 48°11.4'E, 5 May 2009, leg. unknown, one male and one female ( PCGMK 1570 ) ; [16] Qom, Langarood village , 2 April 2011, leg. G.M. Kashani, two males ( PCGMK 1591 ) ; [57] Laar, Grash, 26 May 2012, leg. S. Hosseinie, one male and two females (PCGMK 1640); [6] Bijar , 10 April 2014, leg. G.M. Kashani, one female ( PCGMK 1734 ) ; [2] Zanjan, Armaghankhaneh, Mari village , 36°59.9'N, 48°28.3'E, 12 May 2014, leg. G.M. Kashani, one male and four females ( PCGMK 1759 ) ; [3] Zanjan, 23 September 2014, leg. S. Mohammadi, one male ( PCGMK 1791 ) ; [26] Ilam, 27 March 2015, leg. M. Larti, three females ( PCGMK 2075 ) ; [35] Ramhormoz , 23 March 2015, leg. M. Larti, one male and one female ( PCGMK 2077 ) ; [22] Khorram– Abad, Sarabe–Chegini, 5 July 2015, leg. G.M. Kashani, three males and one female (PCGMK 2091); [18] Arak, Khomein, 8 July 2015, leg. G.M. Kashani, two males and three females (PCGMK 2094); [36] Shahre–Kord, 3 Km to Horeh , 32°34.9'N, 50°49.3'E, 12 July 2015, leg. the authors, one female ( PCGMK 2113 ) ; [38] Farsan to Chelgerd, Babaheydar village , 32°20.2'N, 50°27.0'E, 12 July 2015, leg. the authors, one female ( PCGMK 2128 ) ; [37] Chelgerd to Samsami , 32°12.2'N, 50°16.8'E, 13 July 2015, leg. the authors, three males, two females and two juv. ( PCGMK 2137 ) ; [39] Ardal to Jonaghan , 32°04.6'N, 50°39.9'E, 14 July 2015, leg. the authors, nine males and five females ( PCGMK 2140 ) ; [46] Sisakht, Bayareh village , 30°50.2'N, 51°57.8'E, 16 July 2015, leg. the authors, one male and one female ( PCGMK 2168 ) ; [47] Yasouj, Tolkhosrow to Perikdon , 30°35.0'N, 51°33.5'E, 16 July 2015, leg. the authors, one male ( PCGMK 2173 ) ; [45] Choram, Dah–Mahalleh village, 30°46.1'N, 50°37.9'E, 17 July 2015, leg. the authors, three females (PCGMK 2186); [44] Dehdasht, Sough, by the Maroon river , 30°56.8'N, 50°25.5'E, 17 July 2015, leg. the authors, six males and twelve females ( PCGMK 2192 ) ; [48] Gachsaran, 5 km to Babakalan , 30°13.8'N, 50°46.0'E, 18 July 2015, leg. the authors, five males and five females ( PCGMK 2198 ) ; [51] Basht to Masiri, 2 km to Kopen , by the Shiv river , 30°19.5'N, 51°15.1'E, 19 July 2015, leg. the authors, six males and ten females ( PCGMK 2204 ) ; [50] Masiri to Yasouj, 45 km to Yasouj , 30°28.4'N, 51°29.8'E, 19 July 2015, leg. the authors, two males and five females ( PCGMK 2209 ) ; [40] Naghan to Sarkhoon, Dehno village , 31°54.5'N, 50°42.3'E, 18 June 2016, leg. the authors, two females ( PCGMK 2317 ) ; [41] Sarkhoon to Lordegan , 31°40.3'N, 50°44.3'E, 18 June 2016, leg. the authors, one male and six females ( PCGMK 2326 ) ; [33] Dehdez to Izeh, 22 km to Izeh , 31°49.0'N, 50°03.0'E, 19 June 2016, leg. the authors, four males and six females ( PCGMK 2349 ) ; [34] Seydoon to Dishmook, Benshowar village , 31°18.5'N, 50°11.9'E, 19 June 2016, leg. the authors, one females ( PCGMK 2355 ) ; [43] Qaleh Raisi , 31°09.9'N, 50°28.0'E, 20 June 2016, leg. the authors, four males and one female ( PCGMK 2357 ) ; [73] Aghkand to Khalkhal , 37°25.2'N, 48°11.1'E, 25 July 2016, leg. G. M. Kashani, four males, four females and nine subadults ( PCGMK 2390 ) ; [13] Hamedan to Malayer, Siahkamar village , 34°44.2'N, 48°44.8'E, 9 September 2016, leg. the authors, two males ( PCGMK 2525 ) ; [19] 5 km N Boroujerd , 33°56.7'N, 48°40.6'E, 10 September 2016, leg. the authors, six males and five females ( PCGMK 2534 ) ; [21] Aleshtar to Firouz Abad, 3 km to Firouz Abad , 33°54.0'N, 48°07.8'E, 10 September 2016, leg. the authors, one female ( PCGMK 2546 ) ; [20] Barkhordar to Nahavand, Islam Abad village , 34°01.9'N, 48°14.1'E, 11 September 2016, leg. the authors, one male and one female ( PCGMK 2552 ) ; [14] Firouzan, Chashmeh Mahi village , 34°20.1'N, 48°31.9'E, 12 September 2016, leg. the authors, five males and two females ( PCGMK 2576 ) ; [12] Songhor to Ghorveh, Gerdakaneh Sofla village , 35°05.8'N, 47°33.7'E, 13 September 2016, leg. the authors, three males and three females ( PCGMK 2586 ) .

Remarks. In his contribution to the species of the genus Porcellio in western Asia, Schmalfuss (1992) reported P. evansi from southern and western Iran. New records revealed that this species is broadly distributed in Iran ( Fig. 1 ). The absence of this species in northern and eastern Iran seems to be due to the lack of proper habitats in these areas.

Budde-Lund (1885) described Porcellio rubidus from Shiraz, Iran but that account remained the sole report for the species up to now. Schmalfuss (1992) identified the specimens from the same locality as P. evansi . All specimens collected from Shiraz and the adjacent districts in the present work were also identified as P. evansi demonstrating P. rubidus and P. evansi most probably belong to the same species.

While the name evansi Omer-Cooper, 1923 has been widely used by the different authors (see bibliographies under P. evansi in Schmalfuss 2003 ), the name rubidus Budde-Lund, 1885 has never been used again after the original description. In accordance with the article 23. 9 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Porcellio rubidus is a senior synonym of P. evansi and should be deemed as nomen oblitum.

Distribution. Southeastern Turkey; northern Syria; Iraq; Arabian Peninsula; 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.