New species and records of terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea, Oniscidea) from Socotra Island, Yemen

Twenty-seven species of terrestrial Isopoda are recorded from Socotra Island (Yemen). One genus (Dumetoniscus) in the family Bathytropidae and three species (Serendibia cavernicola, Dumetoniscus graniticus and Platyarthrus alticolus) are described as new. A key to the 41 species of Oniscidea present...

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Main Authors: Stefano Taiti, Ilaria Checcucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2009-12-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:http://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=2116