Agabiformius obtusus ( Budde-Lund, 1909 )

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 : 2094

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1009512
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4337190
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scientific name	Agabiformius obtusus ( Budde-Lund, 1909 )
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Agabiformius obtusus ( Budde-Lund, 1909) View in CoL

Agabiformius obtusus View in CoL ; Colombini et al., 2008, p. 86

Material examined

4 ♀♀, St. 4, dune under stones, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 1 May 2004 ( MZUF 9482 View Materials ) ; 1 ♀, St. 5, beach under stones, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 1 May 2004 ( MZUF 9483 View Materials ) .

Previous Rif records

Oued Laou ( Colombini et al. 2008).

Distribution

This species occurs in the lands of the Mediterranean, where it is very common along sandy beaches. It is also recorded from Kuwait and Sudan.

Remarks

For diagnostic characters of A. lentus see Vandel (1962, p. 640, Figures 315, 316).

References

Budde-Lund G. 1909. Terrestrial isopods from Egypt. In: Results of the Swedish zoological Expedition to Egypt and the White Nile, under the direction of L. A. Jagerskiold. Uppsala: Library of the Royal University of Uppsala; 26 A: 1 - 12, pl. 1.

Colombini I, Chaouti A, Fallaci M, Gagnarli E, Scapini F, Bayed A, Chelazzi L. 2008. An assessment of sandy beach macroinvertebrates inhabiting the coastal fringe of the Oued Laou river catchment area (Northern Morocco). 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: 81 - 91.

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