Agnara madagascariensis * ( Budde-Lund, 1885 )

Cifuentes, Julio & DA SILVA, Luis P., 2023, Terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) of São Tomé Island, with the description of two new Armadillidae Brandt, 1831 species, Zoosystema 45 (21), pp. 635-652 : 638

Agnara madagascariensis * ( Budde-Lund, 1885)

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Metoponorthus madagascariensis Budde-Lund, 1885: 189 .

Agnara madagascariensis – Budde-Lund 1908: 286.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe • 1 ♀; São Tomé; 0°21’25.6”N, 6°43’12.0”E; 8.V.2022; L.P. da Silva leg.; OST004 ; IBI • 1 ♂; São Tomé; 0°21’26.6”N, 6°43’13.1”E; 10.V.2022; L.P. da Silva leg.; MNCN 20.04/14247 • 1 ♂; São Tomé; 0°21’26.6”N, 6°43’12.7”E; 11.V.2022; L.P. da Silva leg.; OST023a ; IBI • 1 ♂; São Tomé; 0°21’26.6”N, 6°43’12.7”E; 11.V.2022; L.P. da Silva leg.; Coll. JC691 .

REMARKS

This species was described by Budde-Lund (1885) as Metoponorthus madagascariensis and latter placed by the same author (1908) in the genus Porcellio Latreille, 1804 and subgenus Agnara established by him. Schmalfuss & Ferrara (1978) described Protracheoniscus inexpectatus from 28 specimens captured in Guinea-Bisáu, being this species synonymous with the previous ( Schmalfuss 2003). It is recorded for the first time for São Tomé.

DISTRIBUTION

Agnara madagascariensis is known from Guinea-Bisáu, Senegal, Madagascar, Arabia, south China, Taiwan, Ascensión island, Colombia and Venezuela ( Budde-Lund 1885, 1908; Schmalfuss & Ferrara 1978; Taiti & Ferrara 1991; Schmalfuss 2003; López-Orozco et al. 2022).

Figures

FIG. 2. — A, Agnara madagascariensis (Budde-Lund, 1885), habitus; B, Ctenorillo bananae (Van Name, 1920), habitus; C, Ctenorillo atlanticus n. sp., habitus; D, Cubaris murina Brandt, 1833, habitus; E, Gabunillo thomensis n. sp., habitus; F, Venezillo crassus (Budde-Lund, 1904), habitus; G, Elumoides atlanticus Ferrara & Schmalfuss,1983,habitus; H, Eubelum asperius Van Name, 1920, habitus;I, Burmoniscus kohleri (Schmalfuss & Ferrara,1978), habitus;J, Congophiloscia saothomensis Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978, habitus; K, Niambia atracheata (Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978), habitus; L-N, Trichorhina hospes Silvestri, 1918, habitus (L), antennula (M), scale-setae (N); O-Q, Trichorhina kribensis Ferrara & Schmalfuss, 1983, habitus (O), antennula (P), scale-setae (Q); R, Nagurus cristatus (Dollfus, 1889), habitus. Scale bars: A-C, I, J, L, O, 0.5 mm; D, F, H, K, R, 1 mm; E, G, 0.1 mm; M, N, P, Q, 0.01 mm.