Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, 1833)

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 : 37

Taxon classification Animalia Isopoda Porcellionidae

Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, 1833)

Material examined.

Chile, Rapa Nui: 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ (AMNH 18360), Cannibal Cave, 21.VIII.1999, leg. C. Boyko, J. Tanacredi, S. Reanier, H. Tonnemacher and S. Lopez; 1 ♀ (BPBM), Mahunga Hiva Hiva, Cave, Q15-074, time search at 1A (light zone), 30.VI.2009, leg. J.J. Wynne; 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ (BPBM), same location, leaf litter beneath skylight, (3rd entrance NW of main entrance; entrance zone), direct intuitive search, 2.VIII.2011, leg. J.J. Wynne; 1 ♀ (BPBM), Mahunga Hiva Hiva, Cave Q15-067, fern-moss garden (entrance zone), direct intuitive search, 10.VII.2009, leg. J.J. Wynne; 1 ♂ (BPBM), Mahunga Hiva Hiva, Cave Q15-070, fern-moss garden (entrance zone), direct intuitive search, 10.VII.2009, leg. J.J. Wynne.

Distribution.

Cosmopolitan species of Mediterranean origin.