Trichorhina mulaiki

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Trichorhina mulaiki
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T. mulaiki
Binomial name
Trichorhina mulaiki
Schmalfuss, 2003
Synonyms[1]
  • Mexicostylus squamatus Verhoeff, 1933
  • Trichorhina squamata – preoccupied by Trichorhina squamata Verhoeff, 1926

Trichorhina mulaiki is a species of woodlouse in the family Platyarthridae.

Distribution

T. mulaiki was found near Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero, Mexico, where it lives in humus in montane forests.[2]

Taxonomic history

The species was first described by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1933, as Mexicostylus squamatus. M. squamatus was the only species in the genus Mexicostylus, but that genus was later synonymised with the genus Trichorhina. Since that genus already contained a species T. squamata, a new name had to be provided, and so the species became Trichorhina mulaiki.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Helmut Schmalfuss (2005) [2003]. "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) – revised and updated version" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A. 654: 341 pp.
  2. ^ Christian Schmidt & Andreas Leistikow (2004). "Catalogue of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea)". Steenstrupia. 28 (1): 1–118.