Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804)

Taiti, Stefano & Wynne, J. Judson, 2015, The terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea, Oniscidea) of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), with descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 515, pp. 27-49 : 38-39

Taxon classification Animalia Isopoda Armadillidiidae

Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804)

Armadillidium vulgare ; Fuentes, 1914: 315.

Material examined.

Chile, Rapa Nui: 1 ♂ (AMNH 18362), VIII.1999, leg. C. Boyko, J. Tanacredi, S. Reanier, H. Tonnemacher and S. Lopez; 6 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀ (AMNH 18365), Cave Q15-074, location within cave not reported, 21.VIII.1999, leg. C. Boyko, J. Tanacredi, S. Reanier, H. Tonnemacher and S. Lopez; 3 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀ (AMNH 18366), Hotel Hanga Roa, Hanga Roa, 21.VIII.1999, leg. C. Boyko, J. Tanacredi, S. Reanier, H. Tonnemacher and S. Lopez; 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (AMNH 18364), Poike region, 25.VIII.1999, leg. C. Boyko, J. Tanacredi, S. Reanier, H. Tonnemacher and S. Lopez; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (BPBM), Mahunga Hiva Hiva, surface in front of Cave Q15-038, timed search at 1B (eastern-most collapse pit, southern extent near cave entrance), 20.VIII.2008, leg. J.J. Wynne; 1 ♀ (BPBM), Cave Q15-038, fern-moss garden (entrance zone), direct intuitive search, 21.XIII.2008, leg. J.J. Wynne; 2 ♀♀ (BPBM), Mahunga Hiva Hiva, surface grid 2, 27°06'41.3"S, 109°25'09.2"W, pitfall trap 23, 10.VII.2009, leg. J.J. Wynne; 1 ♂ (BPBM), surface grid 1, 27°06'53.1"S, 109°24'20.3"W, pitfall trap 17, 10.VII.2009, leg. J.J. Wynne; 3 ♀♀ (BPBM), same location, pitfall trap 19, 10.VII.2009, leg. J.J. Wynne; 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ (BPBM), same location, pitfall trap 4, 10.VII.2009, leg. J.J. Wynne.

Distribution.

Cosmopolitan species of Mediterranean origin.