Genus Pyrgoniscus Kinahan, 1859
- Pyrgoniscus Kinahan, J.R. 1859. On the genus Platyarthrus (Brandt); with notices of allied undescribed genera. Proceedings of the Dublin University Zoological and Botanical Association 1: 125-134 [134].
Type species:
Pyrgoniscus cinctutus Kinahan, 1859 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Eastern Africa.
IBRA
NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Madagascar
Australian Region
- Australia
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales
- New Caledonia
Distribution References
- Lewis, F. 1998. Oniscidea (Isopoda) from Lord Howe Island. Crustaceana 71: 743-777 [770] (composition of Pygoniscus and Merulana compared)
General References
Lillemets, B. & Wilson, G.D.F. 2002. Armadillidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) from Lord Howe Island: new taxa and biogeography. Records of the Australian Museum 54: 71-98 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement Merulana treated as junior synonym of Pyrgoniscus)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Aug-2022 | 04-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 29-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |