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Issue: Vol. 2924 No. 1: 20 Jun. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-06-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2924.1.5
Page range: 63–67
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 1

Redescription of Porcellio brevicaudatus Brandt, 1833 (Isopoda: Oniscidea); with some notes on other synonyms of Hemilepistus reaumurii (Milne-Edwards, 1840)

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran
Museum Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Rosenstein, D-7000, Stuttgart, Germany
Crustacea Oniscidea Porcellio brevicaudatus Hemilepistus reaumurii redescription lectotype

Abstract

In the present study, Porcellio brevicaudatus Brandt, 1833 is resurrected and redescribed. It is shown that Hemilepistus sottii Arcangeli, 1932, H. rostratus Arcangeli, 1932 and H. patrizii Brian, 1932, currently synonyms of H. reaumurii (Milne-Edwards, 1840), are conspecific with P. brevicaudatus. The other synonyms of H. reaumurii are reinvestigated based on type material or comparison with descriptions. Porcellio syriacus Koch, 1847, Hemilepistus bodenheimeri Verhoeff, 1931, H. palaestinus Verhoeff, 1931 and Paraniambia tuberculata Collinge, 1914 are confirmed as synonymies.

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