Biology:Reductoniscus costulatus

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Short description: Species of woodlouse

Reuctoniscus costulatus
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Reductoniscus
Species:
R. costulatus
Binomial name
Reductoniscus costulatus
Kesselyák, 1930

Reductoniscus costulatus is a species of woodlouse in the family Armadillidae. In the wild, R. costulatus has been found in Mauritius, the Seychelles and Hawaii, including the islands of Oʻahu and Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi.[1] It was discovered in the Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1948, 1976 and 1988,[2] and has been found in greenhouses across Europe.[3]

See also

  • List of woodlice of the British Isles

References

  1. Stefano Taiti & Francis G. Howarth (1996). "Terrestrial isopods from the Hawaiian islands (Isopoda: Oniscidea)". Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 45: 59–71. http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pdf/op45-59-71.pdf. 
  2. Verdcourt, B. (2000). B. Verdcourt. ed. "Additions to the wild fauna and flora of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". Kew Bulletin 55 (3): 721–752. doi:10.2307/4118790. 
  3. E. Hornung. "List of the Hungarian Terrestrial Isopod Fauna". http://www.univet.hu/users/ehornung/land-isopods-of-hungary.html. Retrieved November 16, 2010. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1807560 entry