Trichorhina acuta explained

Trichorhina acuta is a species of woodlouse, originally described by Araujo and Buckup in 1994. Distributed throughout Brazil,^[1] it can be found living synantropically, under dead plant matter or stones.^[2]

Etymology

The name comes from the Greek prefix tri-, meaning three and the Greek word chorhina, meaning villages. It also has the Greek word acuta, meaning sharp.

Notes and References

1. Leistikow . Andreas . 1999 . Checklist of the terrestrial isopods of the new world (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) . Revta Bras. Zool. . 16 . 1 . 28. 10.1590/S0101-81751999000100001 .
2. Souza . Leila A. . 2011 . The genus Trichorhina Budde-Lund in Brazil, with description of seven new species (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Platyarthridae) . Iheringia, Série Zoologia, Porto Alegre . 101 . 3 . 241.