Porcellio hoffmannseggii hoffmannseggii Brandt, 1833

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 : 2114

Porcellio hoffmannseggii hoffmannseggii Brandt, 1833

Porcellio Hoffmannseggi ; Budde-Lund, 1879, p. 3; Budde-Lund, 1885, p. 108;

Dollfus, 1896, p. 534; Dollfus, 1898, p. 134 Porcellio (Porcellio) Hoffmannseggü ; (sic) Arcangeli, 1935, p. 14 Porcellio hoffmannseggi tamaricis ; Verhoeff, 1937, p. 306, Figures 8 , 9 Porcellio (Rogopus) Hoffmannseggii tamaricis; Paulian de Félice, 1939, p. 197, Figure 34

Porcellio hoffmannseggi ; Vandel, 1946, p. 327; Schmölzer, 1971, p. 46

Porcellio hoffmannseggi hoffmannseggi ; Vandel, 1958a, p. 129; Schmalfuss, 1987, p.

285, Figures 1–25 Porcellio hoffmannseggii ; Schmalfuss, 2003, p. 226; Achouri et al., 2008c, pp. 76–78.

Material examined

1 ♂, 5 ♀♀, St. 3, under stones, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 1 October 2005 ( MZUF 9519 ) ; 1 ♀, St. 4, dune under stones, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 1 May 2004 ( MZUF 9520 ) ; 1 ♂, St. 14, Phillyrea wood, leg. S. Taiti and C. Rossano, 27 September 2005 ( MZUF 9521 ) ; 1 ♂, same data ( SMNS 15675 ) ; 4 ♀♀, St. 23, under stones, leg. S. Taiti, 30 April 2004 ( MZUF 9522 ) ; 1 ♀, St. 25, under stones in meadow, leg. S. Taiti, 30 April 2004 ( MZUF 9523 ) .

Previous Rif records

Taxdirt, west of Melilla; Djebel Kerker, south of Melilla; Tizi Ifri, south of Targuist; Beni-Bufrah, Tétouan; Benitez, near Ceuta ( Vandel 1958a); Chechauen; Cap Spartel; 15 km south of Ceuta ( Schmalfuss 1987); Oued Laou region ( Achouri et al. 2008c).

Distribution

Portugal, southern Spain and northern Morocco.

Remarks

For diagnostic characters of P. hoffmannseggii hoffmanseggii see Schmalfuss (1987, p. 285, Figures 1–25 ).

Figures

Figure 1. Trichoniscus microphthalmus sp. nov. from St. 8, paratype ♀: (A) adult specimen, dorsal view; (B) dorsal scale-seta; (C) cephalon, frontal view; (D) pleonite 5, telson and left uropod; (E) antennule; (F) antenna; (G) right mandible; (H) left mandible.

Figure 2. Trichoniscus microphthalmus sp. nov. from St. 8, paratype ♀: (A) maxillule; (B) maxilla; (C) maxilliped. Paratype ♂: (D) pereopod 1; (E) pereopod 7; (F) pleopod 1; (G) pleopod 2.

Figure 3. Graeconiscus thermophilus from St. 8, ♂: (A) adult specimen, dorsal view; (B) pereonites 6, 7 and pleon, ventral view; (C) pereopod 7.

Figure 4. Graeconiscus thermophilus from St. 8, ♀: (A) pleonite 5, telson and uropods; (B) antennule; (C) antenna; (D) right mandible; (E) left mandible; (F) maxillule; (G) maxilla; (H) maxilliped.

Figure 5. Graeconiscus thermophilus from St. 8, ♂: (A) pereopod 1; (B) pereopod 7; (C) pleopod 1; (D) pleopod 2.

Figure 6. Ctenoscia minima from St. 14, ♀: (A) adult specimen, dorsal view; (B) dorsal scaleseta; (C) co-ordinates of noduli laterals; (D) cephalon, dorsal view; (E) cephalon, frontal view; (F) left side of pereon showing disposition of noduli laterales; (G) pereonite 1, left side; (H) pleonites 4, 5, telson and uropods; (I) antennule.

Figure 7. Ctenoscia minima from St. 14, ♀: (A) antenna; (B) left mandible; (C) right mandible; (D) maxillule; (E) maxilla; (F) maxilliped.

Figure 8. Ctenoscia minima from St. 14, ♂: (A) pereopod 1; (B) pereopod 7; (C) pleopod 1 (specimen 4.5 mm long); (D) genital papilla and pleopod 1 (specimen 4.0 mm long); (E) pleopod 2; (F) pleopod 3 exopod; (G) pleopod 4 exopod; (H) pleopod 5 exopod.

Figure 9. Paractenoscia cavernicola sp. nov. from St. 8, paratype ♀: (A) adult specimen, dorsal view; (B) dorsal scale-seta; (C) co-ordinates of noduli laterals; (D) cephalon, dorsal view; (E) cephalon, frontal view; (F) right side of pereon showing disposition of noduli laterales; (G) pleonites 3–5, telson and uropods; (H) antennule; (I) antenna.

Figure 10. Paractenoscia cavernicola sp. nov. from St. 8, paratype ♀: (A) left mandible; (B) right mandible; (C) maxillule; (D) maxilla; (E) maxilliped.

Figure 11. Paractenoscia cavernicola sp. nov. from St. 8, paratype ♂: (A) antenna; (B) pereopod 1; (C) pereopod 7; (D) genital papilla and pleopod 1; (E) pleopod 2; (F) pleopod 3 exopod; (G) pleopod 4 exopod; (H) pleopod 5 exopod.

Figure 12. Bathytropa rifensis sp. nov. from St. 15, paratype ♀: (A) adult specimen, dorsal view; (B) dorsal scale-seta; (C) scale-seta on posterior margins of segments; (D) cephalon, dorsal view; (E) cephalon, frontal view; (F) pleonite 5, telson and right uropod; (G) antennule; (H) antenna.

Figure 13. Bathytropa rifensis sp. nov. from St. 15, paratype ♂: (A) left mandible; (B) right mandible; (C) maxillule; (D) maxilla; (E) maxilliped; (F) pereopod 1.

Figure 14. Bathytropa rifensis sp. nov. from St. 8, paratype ♂: (A) pereopod 7; (B) genital papilla and pleopod 1; (C) pleopod 2; (D) pleopod 3 exopod; (E) pleopod 4 exopod; (F) pleopod 5 exopod.

Figure 15. Platyarthrus parisii from St. 25, ♂: (A) dorsal scale-seta; (B) cephalon and pereonite 1, dorsal view; (C) pleonite 5, telson and uropods; (D) pereopod 1; (E) pereopod 7; (F) pleopod 1.

Figure 16. Porcellionides sp., ♀ from St. 4: (A) adult specimen, dorsal view; (B) dorsal scaleseta; (C) cephalon, dorsal view; (D) cephalon, frontal view; (E) pleonites 4, 5, telson and uropods; (F) antenna. ♂ from St. 6: (G) pereopod 1.

Figure 17. Porcellionides sp., ♂ from St. 6: (A) pereopod 7; (B) genital papilla and pleopod 1; (C) pleopod 2; (D) pleopod 3 exopod; (E) pleopod 4 exopod; (F) pleopod 5 exopod.

Figure 18. Soteriscus gibbosus sp. nov. from St. 14, paratype ♀: (A) adult specimen, dorsal view; (B) dorsal scale-seta; (C) co-ordinates of noduli laterals; (D) cephalon, dorsal view; (E) cephalon, frontal view; (F) cephalon and pereonite 1, lateral view; (G) pereonite 7, right side; (H) pleonites 4, 5, telson and uropods; (I) antennule.

Figure 19. Soteriscus gibbosus sp. nov. from St. 14, paratype ♂: (A) antenna. Paratype ♀: (B) left mandible; (C) right mandible; (D) maxillule; (E) maxilla; (F) maxilliped; (G) uropod, lateral view.

Figure 20. Soteriscus gibbosus sp. nov. from St. 14, paratype ♂: (A) pereopod 1; (B) pereopod 7; (C) genital papilla and pleopod 1; (D) pleopod 2; (E) pleopod 3 exopod; (F) pleopod 4 exopod; (G) pleopod 5 exopod.

Figure 21. Soteriscus laouensis sp. nov. from St. 16, paratype ♀: (A) adult specimen, dorsal view; (B) dorsal scale-seta; (C) co-ordinates of noduli laterals; (D) cephalon, dorsal view; (E) cephalon, frontal view; (F) cephalon and pereonite 1, lateral view; (G) pereonite 7, right side; (H) pleonites 4, 5, telson and uropods; (I) antennule; (J) antenna; (K) uropod, lateral view.

Figure 22. Soteriscus laouensis sp. nov. from St. 16, paratype ♂: (A) pereopod 1; (B) pereopod 7; (C) genital papilla and pleopod 1; (D) pleopod 2; (E) pleopod 3 exopod; (F) pleopod 4 exopod; (G) pleopod 5 exopod.

Figure 23. Porcellio pseudornatus sp. nov. from St. 5, paratype ♀: (A) adult specimen, dorsal view; (B) dorsal scale-seta; (C) cephalon, dorsal view; (D) cephalon, frontal view; (E) pereonite 3, right side. Paratype ♂: (F) pleon, telson and uropods; (G) antennule; (H) antenna.

Figure 24. Porcellio pseudornatus sp. nov. from St. 5, paratype ♀: (A) left mandible; (B) right mandible; (C) maxillule; (D) maxilla; (E) maxilliped.

Figure 25. Porcellio pseudornatus sp. nov. from St. 5, paratype ♂: (A) pereopod 1; (B) pereopod 7; (C) genital papilla and pleopod 1; (D) pleopod 2; (E) pleopod 3 exopod; (F) pleopod 4 exopod; (G) pleopod 5 exopod.

Figure 34. Eluma praticola sp. nov. from St. 25, paratype ♀: (A) adult specimen, lateral view; (B) cephalon and pereonites 1, 2, lateral view; (C) cephalon and pereonite 1, frontal view; (D) pereonite 7 with noduli laterales; (E) pleonite 5, telson and uropods. Paratype ♂: (F) pereopod 7, caudal surface; (G) pereopod 7 ischium and merus, caudal surface.