Genus Armadillidium Brandt, 1831
- Armadillidium Brandt, J.F. 1831. Isopoda. pp. 70-84 in Brandt, J.F. & Ratzeburg, J.T.C. (eds). Medizinische Zoologische oder getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der Thiere die in der Arzneimettellehre in Betracht kommen, in systematischer Folge herausgegeben. Berlin : Publisher unknown Vol. 2. [81].
Type species:
Armadillidium commutatum Brandt in Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1831 by subsequent designation, see Fowler, H.W. 1912. The Crustacea of New Jersey. Annual Report of the New Jersey State Museum 1911: 29-650, pls 1-150 [225]; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1998. Opinion 1897. Glomeris Latreille, 1802 (Diplopoda), Armadillo Latreille, 1802, Armadillidium Brandt in Brandt & Ratzenburg, [1831] and Armadillo vulgaris Latreille, 1804 (currently Armadillidium vulgare) (Crustacea, Isopoda): generic and specific names conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55: 124-128 [124] (type species designation confirmed) (junior subjective synonym of Armadillo vulgare Latreille, 1804).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal
- Western Australia: SW coastal
Distribution References
- Schmalfuss, H. & Ferrara, F. 1978. Terrestrial isopods from West Africa. Part 2: Families Tylidae, Ligiidae, Trichoniscidae, Styloniscidae, Rhyscotidae, Halophilosciidae, Philosciidae, Platyarthridae, Trachelipidae, Porcellionidae, Armadillidiidae. Monitore Zoologico Italiano n.s., Monographie 11: 15-97
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 |