Five new species of Exalloniscus Stebbing, 1911 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from China

By

Jiang, Chao
Yao, Chonghui
Huang, Luqi
Li, Weichun

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

Zoosystematics and evolution

Volume

100

Pages

373--383

Subjects

China , Distribution , Morphology , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.115813

 

Abstract

Exalloniscus Stebbing, 1911 is investigated from China, and eleven species of the genus are now recorded from China. Five of them are described as new: E. duospinatus Li & Jiang, sp. nov., E. curvispinatus Li & Jiang, sp. nov., E. triangulus Li & Jiang, sp. nov., E. tridentatus Li & Jiang, sp. nov. and E. taitii Li & Jiang, sp. nov. A map of China showing the recorded localities of Exalloniscus members is provided.