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Stuttgarter Beiträge Zur Naturkunde Serie a (Biologie) A 654 06.11.2003 8:36 Uhr Seite 1 Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie) Herausgeber: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Rosenstein 1, D-70191 Stuttgart Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A Nr. 654 341 S. Stuttgart, 25. XI. 2003 World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) HELMUT SCHMALFUSS Abstract All nominal species of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) described by the year 2000 are listed. For every valid species a complete bibliography is given. Valid genera, species and synonyms are arranged strictly alphabetically, regardless of the systematic position. 3527 spe- cies of terrestrial isopods were known by the year 2000. – New synonyms: Armadillidium in- sulanum kigatense Verhoeff, 1943 n. syn. = A. granulatum Brandt, 1833; Armadillidium ar- meniensis Vandel, 1980 n. syn. = A. vulgare Latreille, 1804; Armadillidium variegatum Brandt, 1833 n. syn. = A. vulgare Latreille, 1804; Eluma purpurascens Budde-Lund, 1885 n. syn. = E. caelatum (Miers, 1877). – New name: Trichorhina mulaiki nomen novum = T. squa- mata (Verhoeff, 1933) (nomen praeocc.). Keywords: Isopoda, Oniscidea, world catalog, bibliography. Zusammenfassung Alle nominellen Arten der Landisopoden (Isopoda, Oniscidea), die bis zum Jahre 2000 be- schrieben worden sind, werden aufgelistet. Für jede valide Art wird eine vollständige Biblio- grafie angegeben. Valide Gattungen, Arten und Synonyme sind streng alphabetisch angeord- net, ohne Rücksicht auf ihre systematische Position. Bis zum Jahr 2000 waren 3527 Arten von Landisopoden bekannt. – Neue Synonyme: Armadillidium insulanum kigatense Verhoeff, 1943 n. syn. = A. granulatum Brandt, 1833; Armadillidium armeniensis Vandel, 1980 n. syn. = A. vulgare Latreille, 1804; Armadillidium variegatum Brandt, 1833 n. syn. = A. vulgare La- treille, 1804; Eluma purpurascens Budde-Lund, 1885 n. syn. = E. caelatum (Miers, 1877). – Neuer Name: Trichorhina mulaiki nomen novum = T. squamata (Verhoeff, 1933) (nomen praeocc.). 1 Introduction A first treatise covering all known species of terrestrial isopods was published by BUDDE-LUND in 1885. It contains descriptions of and/or references to 385 species. 3527 valid species have been described by the year 2000, around nine times as many as 115 years before. Surveys on a continental scale were made by VAN NAME 1936 (the Americas), SCHMÖLZER 1965b (Europe and adjacent Mediterranean regions), VANDEL 1973c A 654 06.11.2003 8:36 Uhr Seite 2 2 stuttgarter beiträge zur naturkunde Ser. A, Nr. 654 (Australia), FERRARA & TAITI 1979 (Afrotropical region) and LEISTIKOW & WÄGELE 1999 (the Americas). The present publication is an attempt to give a survey of all nominal species de- scribed until the year 2000, including all valid names and all those presently consid- ered as synonyms. In contrast to this deadline the family arrangement inside the Crinocheta follows SCHMIDT (2002, 2003). Conceivably, no descriptions can be in- cluded, but efforts have been undertaken to give complete bibliographies for all valid species. However, these bibliographies do not consider papers where the species is only cited, or which contain only information that has been published before, and those giving single records of a species inside its known distribution area or of species that have become wide-spread by human activities. Comprehensive publica- tions treating a systematic group, or check-lists on a national or supra-national scale are, however, included in the bibliographies. For a number of European species which have been extensively investigated beyond systematics and zoogeography the bibliographies are subdivided according to biological fields (see under Armadillidi- um vulgare, which is the most extensively investigated species of terrestrial isopods). The genera and species are arranged strictly alphabetically, regardless of their sys- tematic position. This has been done because the systematics on the family level is by no means satisfactory, there is enough evidence that many families will prove para- phyletic or polyphyletic. On the other hand the groups above the family level seem to be clarified, even if the phylogenetic relations of the basic taxa are still debated. Five groups are generally recognized: Diplocheta (Ligiidae), Tylida (Tylidae), Mi- crocheta (Mesoniscidae), Synocheta (5 families) and Crinocheta (26 families) (ER- HARD 1998b). Molecular studies (MICHEL-SALZAT & BOUCHON 2000) seem to need some more sophistication before they can help to enlighten the phylogenetic rela- tionships inside the Oniscidea, since their results contradict all other evidence and are partly very peculiar (e. g. Eurydice of the suborder Flabellifera being the closest relative of Ligidium). A complete bibliography of the Oniscidea is already published in the present journal (SCHMALFUSS & WOLF-SCHWENNINGER 2002) and has to be used as refer- ence list. Abbreviations Anat. anatomy Behav. behaviour BIBL. bibliography Bibl. publications with comprehensive bibliographies or supplementary publications Biochem. biochemistry Cytol. cytology Descr. description(s) DISTR. distribution Distr. regionally summarized distributional records Ecol. ecology Figs. figures Genet. genetics Hist. histology Mol. biol. molecular biology Morph. functional morphology Nutr. nutrition Ontog. ontogeny Orig. descr. original description A 654 06.11.2003 8:36 Uhr Seite 3 schmalfuss, catalog of terrestrial isopods 3 Phyl. phylogenetics Physiol. physiology Pop. dyn. population dynamics Reprod. reproduction Respir. respiration Sex det. sex determination SYN. synonymy Syst. systematics Ultrastr. ultrastructure In the distributional references the international code letters are usually used for European countries. Acknowledgements This catalog was produced during the past twenty years as a hand-written card index file. It was Dr. STEFANO TAITI (Florence) who urged and finally convinced me to publish this index in the present shape as a world catalog. To him and to Dr. FRANCO FERRARA (Florence) I owe a lot of information on difficult taxonomic questions. Dr. H.-P. TSCHORSNIG, the editor of the present journal, invested considerable time and energy to detect citation errors or inaccura- cies. My daughter JULIA SCHMALFUSS was a great help in producing the typescript. The Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Naturkundemuseums in Stuttgart gave the money to pay for a part of the printing expenses. I am very grateful for all this help and encouragement. 2 List of genera and species Valid taxa are printed in bold type. A species name is considered a nomen dubium if its type material is lost and its de- scription does not allow a specific identification. The genus in quotation marks indicates that the species certainly does not belong to the genus in its present definition. Synonyms are arranged alphabetically according to genera, and behind the genera according to species. Taxa presently considered as subgenera and subspecies are not included. Abebaioscia Vandel, 1973 Crinocheta: family Philosciidae Abebaioscia troglodytes Vandel, 1973 BIBL. – VANDEL 1973c. DISTR. – South Australia. Acaeroplastes Verhoeff, 1918 Crinocheta: family Porcellionidae Acaeroplastes amicitiae Pollo Zorita & Dalens, 1982 BIBL. – POLLO ZORITA & DALENS 1982; POLLO ZORITA 1986a. DISTR. – Spain: Cuenca. Acaeroplastes areolatus Verhoeff, 1918 = A. melanurus Acaeroplastes argentarius Verhoeff, 1931 = A. melanurus Acaeroplastes decioi (Arcangeli, 1924) = A. melanurus Acaeroplastes delattini Verhoeff, 1951 BIBL. – VERHOEFF 1951a; SCHMÖLZER 1965b; ARGANO et al. 1995. DISTR. – Italy: Lazio. REMARKS. – Possibly conspecific with A. melanurus. A 654 06.11.2003 8:36 Uhr Seite 4 4 stuttgarter beiträge zur naturkunde Ser. A, Nr. 654 Acaeroplastes ischianus Verhoeff, 1942 BIBL. – VERHOEFF 1942g, 1944, 1951a; SCHMÖLZER 1965b; ARGANO et al. 1995. DISTR. – Italy: island Ischia. REMARKS. – Possibly conspecific with A. melanurus. Acaeroplastes kosswigi Verhoeff, 1941 BIBL. – VERHOEFF 1941a, 1951a; SCHMÖLZER 1965b; VERHOEFF & STROUHAL 1967; SCHMALFUSS 1990b. DISTR. – NW-Turkey; Azerbaijan. Acaeroplastes melanurus (Budde-Lund, 1885) SYN. – A. areolatus, argentarius, decioi, sardous, Metoponorthus barroisi, m., Porcellio m., Porcellionides decioi, m., sardous Orig. descr.: BUDDE-LUND 1885 (Metoponorthus m.). Descr.: VANDEL 1962b. Figs.: VERHOEFF 1931b; VANDEL 1962b; TAITI & FERRARA 1996. Syst.: VANDEL 1962b; TAITI & FERRARA 1980b; JEPPESEN 2000. Cuticle: LAGARRIGUE 1968. Ecol.: LAGARRIGUE 1965. Distr.: VANDEL 1962b (F); KARAMAN 1966b (former YU); VANDEL 1968a (Azores); CARU- SO et al. 1987 (Sicily, Malta, map); TAITI & FERRARA 1989c (I); ARGANO et al. 1995 (I); CARUSO & LOMBARDO 1995 (islands SE Sicily); GARCIA & CRUZ 1996 (Balearic Islands); TAITI & FERRARA 1996 (Corsica). Bibl.: VANDEL 1962b. DISTR. – ?Ireland; Azores; Spain; France; coastal Algeria; Italy; Croatia. Acaeroplastes pellegrinensis Verhoeff, 1918 BIBL. – VERHOEFF 1918a, 1933b, 1951a; SCHMÖLZER 1965b; VERHOEFF & STROUHAL 1967; VANDEL 1969c. DISTR. – Sicily. REMARKS. – Conspecifity with A. melanurus must be suspected (see CARUSO et al. 1987). Acaeroplastes romanus Schmölzer, 1953 BIBL. – SCHMÖLZER 1953b, 1965b. DISTR. – Central Italy. REMARKS. – Very probably a synonym of Orthometopon dalmatinum (see SCHMALFUSS 1993). Acaeroplastes sardous Verhoeff, 1918 = A. melanurus Acaeroplastes syriacus Verhoeff & Strouhal, 1967 BIBL. – VERHOEFF 1951a (nomen nudum); VERHOEFF & STROUHAL 1967. DISTR. – Southern Turkey: Gaziantep. Acanthodillo Verhoeff, 1926 Crinocheta: family Armadillidae Acanthodillo agasketos Lewis, 1998 BIBL. –
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