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Issue: Vol. 5270 No. 1: 19 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.1.3
Page range: 67-91
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The genus Armadillo Latreille, 1802 (Oniscidea, Armadillidae) from Cyprus, with descriptions of two new species

Department of Biological Sciences; University of Cyprus; Lefkosia (Nicosia); Cyprus.
Department of Biological Sciences; University of Cyprus; Lefkosia (Nicosia); Cyprus.
Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Sesto Fiorentino (Florence); Italy.; Museo di Storia Naturale; Sezione di Zoologia “La Specola”; Florence; Italy.,Department of Biological Sciences; University of Cyprus; Lefkosia (Nicosia); Cyprus.
Department of Biological Sciences; University of Cyprus
Crustacea terrestrial isopods cryptic species endogean species oceanic island Mediterranean region

Abstract

The present work aims to morphologically characterize the species of Armadillo from Cyprus. Moreover, two new species of the genus are described, A. konstantinoui sp. nov. from several places along the island, and A. karametae sp. nov. from Pafos region. The circum-Mediterranean species A. officinalis is also redescribed.

 

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