Armadillo officinalis Duméril, 1816

Taiti, Stefano & Rossano, Claudia, 2015, Terrestrial isopods from the Oued Laou basin, north-eastern Morocco (Crustacea: Oniscidea), with descriptions of two new genera and seven new species, Journal of Natural History 49 (33), pp. 2067-2138 : 2131

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1009512
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4337178
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scientific name	Armadillo officinalis Duméril, 1816
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Treatment

Armadillo officinalis ; Dollfus, 1896, p. 527; Paulian de Félice, 1939, p. 212; Vandel, 1958a, p. 130; Achouri et al., 2008c, pp. 76–78

Material examined

6 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, St. 2, under stones at base of cliff, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 1 May 2004 ( MZUF 9580 View Materials ) ; 1 ♀, St. 7, leg. S. Taiti, 29 April 2004 ( MZUF 9581 View Materials ) ; 6 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, same locality, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 29 September 2005 ( MZUF 9582 View Materials ) ; 5 ♂♂, 11 ♀♀, 2 juvs, St. 10, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 26 April 2004 ( MZUF 9583 View Materials ) ; 1 ♂, 5 ♀♀, St. 11, leg. S. Taiti, 27 April 2004 ( MZUF 9584 View Materials ) ; 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀, St. 12, leg. C. Rossano, 26 April 2004; ( MZUF 9585 View Materials ) 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, St. 14, Phillyrea wood, leg. S. Taiti, 27 April 2004 ( MZUF 9586 View Materials ) ; 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, 1 juv., same locality, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 27 September 2005 ( MZUF 9587 View Materials ) ; 9 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, 6 juvs, St. 15, sieved ground near stream, leg. S. Taiti, 27 April 2004 ( MZUF 9588 View Materials ) ; 6 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀, St. 16, along road margin under stones, leg. S. Taiti, 28 April 2004 ( MZUF 9589 View Materials ) ; 2 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀, St. 19, leg. S. Taiti, 29 April 2004 ( MZUF 9590 View Materials ) ; 4 ♀♀, St. 20, under stones along path to waterfall, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 2 May 2004 ( MZUF 9591 View Materials ) ; 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, St. 21, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 30 September 2005 ( MZUF 9592 View Materials ) ; 1 ♀, St. 23, under stones, leg. S. Taiti, 30 April 2004 ( MZUF 9593 View Materials ) .

Previous Rif records

Ixmoart and Mt Gurugu, near Melilla; Isla de Alhucemas; Tétouan; Benitez, near Ceuta ( Vandel 1958a); Oued Laou region ( Achouri et al. 2008c).

Distribution

Mediterranean basin, Morocco and Portugal.

Remarks

For diagnostic characters of A. officinalis see Vandel (1962, p. 855, Figures 408, 409).

References

Achouri MS, Medini-Bouaziz L, Hamaied S, Charfi-Cheikhrouha F. 2008 c. Diversity of terrestrial isopods at the Oued Laou region (Northeast of Morocco): preliminary results. In: Bayed A, Ater M, editors. Du Bassin versant vers la mer: analyse multidisciplinaire pour une gestion durable. Trav Inst Sci Rabat (Ser Gen). 5: 75 - 79.

Dollfus A. 1896. Les isopodes terrestres du nord de l' Afrique, du Cap Blanc a Tripoli (Maroc, Algerie, Tunisie, Tripolitaine). Mem Soc Zool France. 9: 523 - 553.

Dumeril AG. 1816. Armadille (Entom). In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles. Strasbourg: Levrault. 3: 115 - 117.

Paulian de Felice L. 1939. Recoltes de R. Paulian et A. Villiers dans le Haut Atlas marocain, 1938 (septieme note). Isopodes terrestres. Bull Soc Sci nat Maroc. 19: 191 - 213.

Vandel A. 1958 a. Les isopodes terrestres du Rif. Tamuda. 6: 127 - 134.

Vandel A. 1962. Isopodes terrestres (Deuxieme partie). Faune Fr. 66: 417 - 931.