New data on the terrestrial isopod fauna of Iran (Isopoda: Oniscidea) with the first description of the male of Schizidium golovatchi Schmalfuss, 1988

Document Type : Research articles

Authors

Ghasem Mohammadi Kashani ¹

B. Eshaghi ²

A. Abedini ¹

¹ Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran

² Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University G.C. Tehran, Iran

10.22067/ijab.2021.63451.0

Abstract

In the present study, seven species of terrestrial isopods are reported from Iran for the first time. These include Platyarthrus schoblii Budde-Lund, 1885; Trichorhina tomentosa (Budde-Lund, 1893); Armadillo alievi Schmalfuss, 1990; A. officinalis Duméril, 1816; Armadillidium azerbaidzhanum Schmalfuss, 1990, A. nasatum Budde-Lund, 1885 and Schizidium golovatchi Schmalfuss, 1988. The male of the latter species is described for the first time and its diagnostic characters are illustrated. Sampling localities for the species are presented on a map.

Keywords

Oniscidea

new record

terrestrial isopods

Iran

Subjects

• Ecology and Evolution
• Morphology
• Taxonomy
• Zoogeography

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