Graeconiscus thermophilus ( Çağlar, 1948 )

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 : 2073

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1009512
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4337156
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scientific name	Graeconiscus thermophilus ( Çağlar, 1948 )
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Graeconiscus thermophilus ( Çağlar, 1948) View in CoL

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Material examined

72 ♂♂, 132 ♀♀, 3 juvs, St. 8, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 28 September 2005 ( MZUF 9455 View Materials ) ; 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, same data ( SMNS 15676 About SMNS ) ; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same locality and collectors, 28 April 2004 ( MZUF 9456 View Materials ) .

Distribution

Graeconiscus thermophilus was previously known from the southern Aegean islands including Crete and western Turkey. New record for the Rif region.

Remarks

Haplophthalmus thermophilus was described by Çağlar (1948) on specimens from a warm spring at Armutlu, near Gemlik ( Turkey). Strouhal (1963) redescribed and figured this species from the type locality. Schmalfuss et al. (2004) included the species in the genus Graeconiscus and considered Calconischellus aegeus Schmalfuss, 1972 recorded from Crete and several southern Aegean islands as a junior synonym of G. thermophilus . The specimens from Ghar-Knadel Cave (maximum length ♂ 3 mm, ♀ 3.7 mm) are tentatively identified as Graeconiscus thermophilus since they correspond to the redescription provided by Strouhal (1963, p. 392, Figures 22–26 View Figure 22 View Figure 23 View Figure 24 View Figure 25 View Figure 26 ); in the disposition of dorsal ornamentation and the morphology of the male pereopod 7 and pleopod 1. They differ in lacking the eyes and in the shape of the tubercles on pereonite 7 and pleonite 3. In G. thermophilus the pereonite 7 has 3 + 3 tubercles as in the Moroccan specimens but the medial tubercle on each side is much smaller, and the single tubercle on pleonite 3 is transversally elongated while it is rounded in the Ghar-Knadel Cave specimens. The main characters of these specimens are illustrated in Figures 3–5 View Figure 3 View Figure 4 View Figure 5 .

References

Caglar M. 1948. Eine neue Haplophthalmus - Art und Bemerkung uber ihre Augen. Istanb Univ Fen Fak Mecmuasi. (B). 13: 161 - 169.

Schmalfuss H. 1972. Die Isopoden von Kreta. Biol gallo-hellen. 4: 33 - 60.

Schmalfuss H, Paragamian K, Sfenthourakis S. 2004. The terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Crete and the surrounding islands. Stuttg Beitr Naturk, Ser A (Biol). 662: 1 - 74.

Strouhal H. 1963. Die Haplophthalmus - Arten der Turkei (Isop. terr.). Ann nat Hist Mus Wien. 66: 385 - 406.

Figures

Figure 3. Graeconiscus thermophilus from St. 8, ♂: (A) adult specimen, dorsal view; (B) pereonites 6, 7 and pleon, ventral view; (C) pereopod 7.

Figure 4. Graeconiscus thermophilus from St. 8, ♀: (A) pleonite 5, telson and uropods; (B) antennule; (C) antenna; (D) right mandible; (E) left mandible; (F) maxillule; (G) maxilla; (H) maxilliped.

Figure 5. Graeconiscus thermophilus from St. 8, ♂: (A) pereopod 1; (B) pereopod 7; (C) pleopod 1; (D) pleopod 2.

Figure 3. Graeconiscus thermophilus from St. 8, ♂: (A) adult specimen, dorsal view; (B) pereonites 6, 7 and pleon, ventral view; (C) pereopod 7.

Figure 4. Graeconiscus thermophilus from St. 8, ♀: (A) pleonite 5, telson and uropods; (B) antennule; (C) antenna; (D) right mandible; (E) left mandible; (F) maxillule; (G) maxilla; (H) maxilliped.

Figure 5. Graeconiscus thermophilus from St. 8, ♂: (A) pereopod 1; (B) pereopod 7; (C) pleopod 1; (D) pleopod 2.

Figure 22. Soteriscus laouensis sp. nov. from St. 16, paratype ♂: (A) pereopod 1; (B) pereopod 7; (C) genital papilla and pleopod 1; (D) pleopod 2; (E) pleopod 3 exopod; (F) pleopod 4 exopod; (G) pleopod 5 exopod.

Figure 23. Porcellio pseudornatus sp. nov. from St. 5, paratype ♀: (A) adult specimen, dorsal view; (B) dorsal scale-seta; (C) cephalon, dorsal view; (D) cephalon, frontal view; (E) pereonite 3, right side. Paratype ♂: (F) pleon, telson and uropods; (G) antennule; (H) antenna.

Figure 24. Porcellio pseudornatus sp. nov. from St. 5, paratype ♀: (A) left mandible; (B) right mandible; (C) maxillule; (D) maxilla; (E) maxilliped.

Figure 25. Porcellio pseudornatus sp. nov. from St. 5, paratype ♂: (A) pereopod 1; (B) pereopod 7; (C) genital papilla and pleopod 1; (D) pleopod 2; (E) pleopod 3 exopod; (F) pleopod 4 exopod; (G) pleopod 5 exopod.

Figure 26. Porcellio ornatus from Cartagena, ♀: (A) adult specimen, dorsal view; (B) dorsal scale-seta; (C) cephalon, dorsal view; (D) cephalon, frontal view; (E) pereonite 4, right side. ♂: (F) pleon, telson and uropods; (G) antennule; (H) antenna.