Pseudarmadillo
| Pseudarmadillo Temporal range: Burdigalian? - Recent | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Delatorreidae |
| Genus: | Pseudarmadillo Saussure, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| Pseudarmadillo carinulatus Saussure, 1857 | |
Pseudarmadillo is a genus of woodlice from the Greater Antilles. All extant species live in Cuba, with one species also extending to the Bahamas:[1]
- Pseudarmadillo agramontino Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Camagüey Province
- Pseudarmadillo assoi Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Cienfuegos Province
- Pseudarmadillo auritus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Sancti Spíritus Province
- Pseudarmadillo bidentatus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Guantánamo Province
- Pseudarmadillo buscki Boone, 1934 – La Habana Province
- Pseudarmadillo carinulatus Saussure, 1857 – Cuba and the Bahamas
- Pseudarmadillo elegans Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Isla de la Juventud
- Pseudarmadillo gillianus Richardson, 1902 – La Habana Province, Isla de la Juventud
- Pseudarmadillo holguinensis Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Holguín Province
- Pseudarmadillo hoplites (Boone, 1934) – Camagüey Province
- Pseudarmadillo jaumei Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Guantánamo Province
- Pseudarmadillo maiteae Juarrero de Varona & Armas, 2002 – Santiago de Cuba Province
- Pseudarmadillo mitratus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Las Tunas Province
- Pseudarmadillo nanus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Cienfuegos Province
- Pseudarmadillo spinosus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Sancti Spíritus Province
- Pseudarmadillo vansicklei Juarrero de Varona & Armas, 2003 – Santiago de Cuba Province
Two extinct species are also known from possibly Burdigalian age Dominican amber found on Hispaniola:[1]
- P. cristatus Schmalfuss, 1984[2]
- P. tuberculatus Schmalfuss, 1984[2]
The genus is often considered a member of the Pseudarmadillidae, of which it is the only genus. It has also been placed, together with Cuzcodinella oryx in the family Delatorreidae, Delatorrea being a synonym of Pseudarmadillo.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) — revised and updated version" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A 654: 341 pp.
- 1 2 Schmalfuss, H. (1984). "Two new species of the terrestrial isopod genus Pseudarmadillo from Dominican amber (Amber-Collection Stuttgart: Crustacea, Isopoda, Pseudarmadillidae)". Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde (B) 102: 1–14.
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