Porcellionides myrmecophilus

Porcellionides myrmecophilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Porcellionides myrmecophilus (Stein, 1859)". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Marilyn Schotte (2012). M. Schotte, C. B. Boyko, N. L. Bruce, G. C. B. Poore, S. Taiti & G. D. F. Wilson, ed. "Porcellionides myrmecophilus (Stein, 1859)". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 5, 2012.


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