Porcellionides sexfasciatus lusitanus ( Vandel, 1946 )

Taiti, Stefano & Rossano, Claudia, 2015, Terrestrial isopods from the Oued Laou basin, north-eastern Morocco (Crustacea: Oniscidea), with descriptions of two new genera and seven new species, Journal of Natural History 49 (33), pp. 2067-2138 : 2095-2096

Porcellionides sexfasciatus lusitanus ( Vandel, 1946)

Metoponorthus sexfasciatus lusitanus Vandel, 1946, p. 269, Figures 80B–D, 84, 85

? Porcellionides sexfasciatus ; Achouri and Charfi-Cheikhrouha, 2009, p. 1048

Material examined

1 ♂, St. 2, under stones at base of cliff, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 1 May 2004 ( MZUF 9489 ) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, St. 3, under stones, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 1 October 2005 ( MZUF 9490 ) ; 1 ♀, St. 4, beach under logs, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 1 May 2004 ( MZUF 9491 ) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, St. 6, near well and wheat field, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 26 April 2004 ( MZUF 9492 ) ; 1 ♂, St. 7, leg. S. Taiti, 29 April 2004 ( MZUF 9493 ) ; 1 ♂, same locality, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 29 September 2005 ( MZUF 9494 ) ; 1 ♀, St. 9, under stones in meadow, leg. S. Taiti, 28 April 2004 ( MZUF 9495 ) ; 3 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀, St. 10, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 26 April 2004 ( MZUF 9496 ) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, St. 14, Phillyrea wood, leg. S. Taiti, 27 April 2004 ( MZUF 9497 ) ; 5 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, same locality, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 27 September 2005 ( MZUF 9498 ) ; 4 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀, St. 19, leg. S. Taiti, 29 April 2004 ( MZUF 9499 ) ; 3 ♀♀, St. 23, under stones, leg. S. Taiti, 30 April 2004 ( MZUF 9500 ) ; 5 ♂♂, 11 ♀♀, St. 25, under stones in meadow, leg. S. Taiti, 30 April 2004 ( MZUF 9501 ) .

Distribution

Porcellionides sexfasciatus ( Budde-Lund, 1885) is widely distributed in the western Mediterranean region, Atlantic coasts of Europe and northern Africa, including Atlantic islands. It has been also introduced to many other parts of the world. At present P. sexfasciatus includes several subspecies. The specimens from the Rif examined by us belong to P. sexfasciatus lusitanus distributed in Portugal and Morocco ( Vandel 1946). New record for the Rif region.