Published April 22, 2021 | Version v1
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A new species of Porcellio Latreille, 1804 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Spain and the first report of woodlice from the Extremadura region

  • 1. Balearic Museum of Natural Sciences, P.O. box 55. Sóller (Majorca) 07100 Balearic Islands. Interdisciplinary Ecology Group. University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), Spain
  • 2. Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, IREC (CSIC, UCLM, JCCM), Ronda de Toledo, s/n 13005, Ciudad Real, Spain
  • 3. Correspondant du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN, Paris, France), Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques, 27 Le Journal, 49125 Cheffes, France

Description

Porcellio wadianae sp. nov. (Crustacea: Oniscidea: Porcellionidae) is described from the Extremadura region,
Spain, Iberian Peninsula. The new species can be classified within the so-called “eng Atlantic group”, deffined
by Vandel. It is characterized by having an integumentary glandular system uncommon within this genus
and by other characteristics that differentiate it from the other species of the same group present in the Ibero-
Macaronesian and Northern African region. In addition, we report additional observations on woodlice species
collected in Extremadura, one of Spain’s most poorly known regions concerning terrestrial Isopod fauna

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