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

By

Taiti, Stefano
Checcucci, Ilaria

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2009

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

31

Pages

73-103

Subjects

Crustacea , Distribution , Dumetoniscus gen. n , Dumetoniscus graniticus sp. n , Isopoda , key , Oniscidea , Platyarthrus alticolus sp. n , Serendibia cavernicola sp. n , Socotra , Yemen

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.31.140

 

Abstract

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 presently known from the Socotra Archipelago is given. The new records confirm the high number of endemics present on this archipelago.