Biology:Porcellionides myrmecophilus

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Short description: Species of woodlouse

Porcellionides myrmecophilus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Porcellionidae
Genus: Porcellionides
Species:
P. myrmecophilus
Binomial name
Porcellionides myrmecophilus
(Stein, 1859)
Synonyms [1][2]
  • Porcellio myrmecophilus
  • Metoponorthus myrmecophilus

Porcellionides myrmecophilus is a woodlouse that can be found on islands such as Crete, Cyprus, Cyclades, Dodecanese, North Aegean, Sardinia, Sicily, and on both Greek and Italian mainlands.[1]

Subspecies

The species has 2 subspecies:[2]

  • Porcellionides myrmecophilus graevei (Verhoeff, 1918) – endemic to Sicily
  • Porcellionides myrmecophilus myrmecophilus (Stein, 1859) – widespread

References

Wikidata ☰ Q428615 entry