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Issue: Vol. 5866 No. 2: 11 Aug. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-08-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5866.2.7
Page range: 320-328
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Terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of the province of Parwan, Afghanistan with the redescription of Protracheoniscus maracandicus (Uljanin, 1875)

Department of Biology; Faculty of Science; University of Zanjan; Zanjan; Iran
Department of Biology; Faculty of Science; University of Zanjan; Zanjan; Iran; Department of Biology; Faculty of Education; Parwan University; Charikar; Afghanistan
Crustacea Oniscidea terrestrial isopods Parwan afghanistan

Abstract

The terrestrial isopods from Afghanistan are poorly investigated so that only one species is recorded from this region. In the present study, five species collected from Parwan province, Afghanistan, were identified, and all represent new records for both the province as for Afghanistan. Desertoniscus armenicus (Borutzky, 1975) comb. nov. is proposed for Protracheoniscus armenicus, and Mongoloniscus persicus Kashani, 2014 was synonymized with it. Moreover, Protracheoniscus maracandicus (Uljanin, 1875) is redescribed.

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How to Cite

Kashani, G.M. & Zamani, A. (2026) Terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of the province of Parwan, Afghanistan with the redescription of Protracheoniscus maracandicus (Uljanin, 1875). Zootaxa, 5866 (2), 320–328. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5866.2.7