Trichorhina mulaiki

Trichorhina mulaiki
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Oniscidea
Family:	Platyarthridae
Genus:	Trichorhina
Species:	T. mulaiki
Binomial name
	Trichorhina mulaiki; Schmalfuss, 2003
Synonyms
	Mexicostylus squamatus Verhoeff, 1933 ; Trichorhina squamata – preoccupied by Trichorhina squamata Verhoeff, 1926 ;

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

Distribution edit

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

Taxonomic history edit

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 edit

^ ^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.
^ Christian Schmidt & Andreas Leistikow (2004). "Catalogue of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea)". Steenstrupia. 28 (1): 1–118. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.692.7193.

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[Schmalfuss-1] 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. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.692.7193.

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