Biology:Trichorhina mulaiki

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Short description: Species of woodlouse


Trichorhina mulaiki
Scientific classification
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Trichorhina
Species:
T. mulaiki
Binomial name
Trichorhina mulaiki
Schmalfuss, 2003
Synonyms[1]
  • Mexicostylus squamatus Verhoeff, 1933
  • – preoccupied by Trichorhina squamata Verhoeff, 1926 Trichorhina squamata

Trichorhina mulaiki is a species of woodlouse in the family Platyarthridae.

Distribution

T. mulaiki was found near Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero, Mexico, where it lives in humus in montane forests.[2]

Taxonomic history

The species was first described by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1933, as Mexicostylus squamatus. M. squamatus was the only species in the genus Mexicostylus, but that genus was later synonymised with the genus Trichorhina. Since that genus already contained a species T. squamata, a new name had to be provided, and so the species became Trichorhina mulaiki.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2135198 entry