Eluma caelata ( Miers, 1877 )

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 : 2122

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1009512
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4337136
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scientific name	Eluma caelata ( Miers, 1877 )
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Eluma caelata ( Miers, 1877) View in CoL

( Figures 32 View Figure 32 and 33 View Figure 33 )

Material examined

1 ♂, 1 ♀, St. 7, leg. S. Taiti, 29 April 2004 ( MZUF 9560 View Materials ) ; 2 ♂♂, St. 8, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 28 April 2004 ( MZUF 9561 View Materials ) ; 1 ♀, same locality and collectors, 28 September 2005 ( MZUF 9562 View Materials ) ; 3 ♀♀, St. 10, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 26 April 2004 ( MZUF 9563 View Materials ) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, St. 11, leg. S. Taiti, 27 April 2004 ( MZUF 9564 View Materials ) ; 4 ♂♂, 29 ♀♀, St. 18, cork-oak wood, leg. S. Taiti, 29 April 2004 ( MZUF 9565 View Materials ) ; 7 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, St. 20, under stones along path to waterfall, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 2 May 2004 ( MZUF 9566 View Materials ) ; 1 ♀, St. 22, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 30.IX.2005 ( MZUF 9567 View Materials ) .

Distribution

Southern British Isles, western France, Portugal, Spain, north-western Africa, Canary Islands, Madeira, and Azores. Introduced to Tasmania and French Guiana ( Schmalfuss 2003). New record for the Rif region.

Remarks

The synonymy of Eluma purpurascens Budde-Lund, 1885 with Armadillidium caelatum Miers, 1877 was definitely established by Schmalfuss (2003) after examination of the type material of the latter species. The main characters of this species are illustrated here ( Figures 32 View Figure 32 and 33 View Figure 33 ) on specimens from St. 18 (Fahsa) for comparison with the new species Eluma praticola described below.

References

Budde-Lund G. 1885. Crustacea Isopoda terrestria per familias et genera et species descripta. Copenhagen: Nielsen and Lydiche; 319 p.

Miers EJ. 1877. On a collection of Crustacea, Decapoda and Isopoda, chiefly from South America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proc zool Soc Lond. 1877: 653 - 679, pls 66 - 69.

Schmalfuss H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttg Beitr Naturk, Ser A (Biol). 654: 1 - 341.

Figures

Figure 32. Eluma caelata from St. 18, ♀: (A) cephalon and pereonites 1, 2, lateral view; (B) cephalon and pereonite 1, frontal view; (C) pleonite 5, telson and uropods; (D) pereonite 7 with noduli laterales. ♂: (E) pereopod 7, caudal surface; (F) pereopod 7 ischium and merus, caudal surface; (G) pereopod 7 ischium and merus, rostral surface.

Figure 33. Eluma caelata from St. 18, ♂: (A) dorsal scale-seta; (B) pereopod 1; (C) genital papilla and pleopod 1; (D) pleopod 2; (E) pleopod 3 exopod; (F) pleopod 4 exopod; (G) pleopod 5 exopod.