Biology:Philoscia muscorum
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Philosciidae |
| Genus: | Philoscia |
| Species: | P. muscorum
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Philoscia muscorum, the common striped woodlouse[2] or fast woodlouse,[3] is a common European woodlouse. It is widespread in Europe, the British Isles and is found from southern Scandinavia to the Ukraine and Greece.[4] It has also spread to Washington and many states in New England, also the mid-Atlantic states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as Nova Scotia.[4]
Description
P. muscorum may reach 11 millimetres (0.43 in) in length, with a shiny body which is mottled and greyish-brown in colour.[3] The fast woodlouse is, as its name suggests, faster than other common species; its body is raised up off the ground rather more than the others and the head is always very dark in colour.
Classification
Twelve subspecies are recognised:[1]
- Philoscia muscorum albescens Collinge, 1918
- Philoscia muscorum aureomaculata Collinge, 1918
- Philoscia muscorum biellensis Verhoeff, 1936
- Philoscia muscorum dalmatia Verhoeff, 1901
- Philoscia muscorum frigidana Verhoeff, 1928
- Philoscia muscorum maculata Collinge, 1918
- Philoscia muscorum marinensis Verhoeff, 1933
- Philoscia muscorum muscorum (Scopoli, 1763)
- Philoscia muscorum rufa Legrand, 1943
- Philoscia muscorum standeni Collinge, 1917
- Philoscia muscorum triangulifera Verhoeff, 1918
- Philoscia muscorum virescens Collinge, 1917
See also
- List of woodlice of the British Isles
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Philoscia muscorum (Scopoli, 1763)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=206377. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
- ↑ "Common striped woodlouse (Philoscia muscorum)". ARKive. http://www.arkive.org/common-striped-woodlouse/philoscia-muscorum/info.html. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Fast woodlouse - Philoscia muscorum". Natural England. Archived from the original on January 7, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100107004851/http://www.plantpress.com/wildlife/o158-fastwoodlouse.php. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Philoscia muscorum muscorum". National Museum of Natural History. http://invertebrates.si.edu/isopod/photogallery/philoscia.pdf. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
Wikidata ☰ Q1646839 entry
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