Porcellio echinatus Lucas, 1849

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 : 2118-2119

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1009512
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4337194
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scientific name	Porcellio echinatus Lucas, 1849
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Porcellio echinatus Lucas, 1849 View in CoL

Porcellio (Euporcellio) echinatus View in CoL ; Paulian de Félice, 1939, p. 198

Porcellio echinatus View in CoL ; Dollfus, 1896, p. 532; Vandel, 1958a, p. 129; Achouri et al., 2008c, pp. 76–78

Material examined

2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, St. 6, near well and wheat field, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 26 April 2004 ( MZUF 9536 View Materials ) ; 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, St. 7, leg. S. Taiti, 29 April 2004 ( MZUF 9537 View Materials ) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same locality, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 29 September 2005 ( MZUF 9538 View Materials ) ; 2 ♀♀, St. 9, under stones in meadow, leg. S. Taiti, 28 April 2004 ( MZUF 9539 View Materials ) ; 1 ♀, St. 10, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 26 April 2004 ( MZUF 9540 View Materials ) ; 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀, St. 14, Phillyrea wood, leg. S. Taiti, 27 April 2004 ( MZUF 9541 View Materials ) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, same locality, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 27 September 2005 ( MZUF 9542 View Materials ) ; 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, St. 19, leg. S. Taiti, 29 April 2004 ( MZUF 9543 View Materials ) ; 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, St. 20, under stones along path to waterfall, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 2 May 2004 ( MZUF 9544 View Materials ) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, St. 26, cork-oak wood, leg. S. Taiti, 30 April 2004 ( MZUF 9545 View Materials ) .

Previous Rif records

Taxdirt, west of Melilla ( Vandel 1958a); Oued Laou region ( Achouri et al. 2008c).

Distribution

Southern Portugal, southern Spain, northern Morocco, and north-western Algeria.

Remarks

For diagnostic characters of P. echinatus see Vandel (1946, p. 304, Figures 125–129).

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.

Lucas H. 1849. Premiere Classe. Crustaces. Troisieme Famille. Les Cloportide. In: Exploration scientifique de l' Algerie, pendant les annees 1840, 1841, 1842. Sci Phys, Zool. 1: 67 - 73, pls. 6, 7.

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. 1946. Crustaces isopodes terrestres (Oniscoidea) epiges et cavernicoles du Portugal. Etude des recoltes de Monsieur A. de Barros Machado. An Fac Cien Porto. 30: 135 - 427.

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