Jump to content

Trichorhina argentina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Trichorhina argentina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Platyarthridae
Genus: Trichorhina
Species:
T. argentina
Binomial name
Trichorhina argentina
Vandel, 1963

Trichorhina argentina is a species of woodlouse found in southern Brazil and central eastern Argentina.[1] It can be found living synantropically under stones or leaves.[2]

Description

[edit]

The males can get up to 2.98 mm (0.117 in) long and 0.25 mm (0.010 in) wide. The larger females are up to 4 mm (0.16 in) long and 1.75 mm (0.07 in) wide. Their coloration is light brown, with white spots, while the uropods are generally colorless. The head, if in normal position, is partially surrounded by pereonite one. The eyes are black with five to six ommatids. Their antennules are fitted with seven to eight aesthetascs. The pleon narrows gradually after the posterior end of the pereon. The telson is triangular with an obtuse peak.[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Schmalfuss, Helmut (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) — revised and updated version" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A. 654: 274 pp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-24.
  2. ^ a b Araújo, Paula Beatriz de; Buckup, Ludwig (1996). "Novos registros e uma espécie nova de Trichorhina Budde-Lund (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Platyarthridae) do Sul do Brasil". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 13 (3): 799–810. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751996000300028. ISSN 0101-8175.