Pseudarmadillo Explained

Pseudarmadillo is a genus of woodlice from the Greater Antilles. All extant species live in Cuba, with one species also extending to the Bahamas:[1]

Two extinct species are also known from possibly Burdigalian age Dominican amber found on Hispaniola:[1]

The genus is often considered a member of the Pseudarmadillidae, of which it is the only genus. It has also been placed, together with Cuzcodinella oryx in the family Delatorreiidae, Delatorreia being a synonym of Pseudarmadillo.[1]

Notes and References

  1. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) — revised and updated version . Helmut Schmalfuss . 2003 . Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A . 654 . 341 pp . 2010-06-11 . 2009-02-24 . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090224212510/http://www.oniscidea-catalog.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/Cat_terr_isop.pdf . dead .
  2. Schmalfuss . H. . 1984 . Two new species of the terrestrial isopod genus Pseudarmadillo from Dominican amber (Amber-Collection Stuttgart: Crustacea, Isopoda, Pseudarmadillidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) . 102 . 1–14.