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]
- Pseudarmadillo agramontino Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Camagüey Province
- Pseudarmadillo assoi Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Cienfuegos Province
- Pseudarmadillo auritus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Sancti Spíritus Province
- Pseudarmadillo bidentatus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Guantánamo Province
- Pseudarmadillo buscki Boone, 1934 – La Habana Province
- Pseudarmadillo carinulatus Saussure, 1857 – Cuba and the Bahamas
- Pseudarmadillo elegans Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Isla de la Juventud
- Pseudarmadillo gillianus Richardson, 1902 – La Habana Province, Isla de la Juventud
- Pseudarmadillo holguinensis Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Holguín Province
- Pseudarmadillo hoplites (Boone, 1934) – Camagüey Province
- Pseudarmadillo jaumei Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Guantánamo Province
- Pseudarmadillo maiteae Juarrero de Varona & Armas, 2002 – Santiago de Cuba Province
- Pseudarmadillo mitratus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Las Tunas Province
- Pseudarmadillo nanus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Cienfuegos Province
- Pseudarmadillo spinosus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Sancti Spíritus Province
- Pseudarmadillo vansicklei Juarrero de Varona & Armas, 2003 – Santiago de Cuba Province
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
- 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 .
- 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.
