Species Eluma caelatum (Miers, 1877)
- Eluma purpurascens Budde-Lund, G. 1885. Crustacea Isopoda Terrestria per Familias et Genera et Species descripta. Hauniae : Sumtibus Auctoria 320 pp. [48].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1921.10.18.3769–72 4 specimens, Madeira, Nicobar Ils; ZMUC CRU 758–761 8 specimens, Madeira, Nicobar Ils.Secondary source:
Lincoln, R.J. & Ellis, J.P. 1974. Catalogue of the types of terrestrial isopods (Oniscoidea) in the collections of the British Museum (Natural History) I. Superfamily Pseudotracheata. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 27: 189-246; Jeppesen, P.C. 1999. Catalogue of terrestrial isopod taxa and type material described by Gustav Budde-Lund (Crustacea: Isopoda). Steenstrupia 25: 221-265 [256] (syntypes in Zoological Museum, Moscow unconfirmed). - Armadillidium caelatum Miers, E.J. 1877. On a collection of Crustacea, Decapoda and Isopoda, chiefly from South America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 653-679 [665].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Cayenne.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Collinge, W.E. 1917. A check list of British terrestrial Isopoda (woodlice). Scottish Naturalist 1917: 111-116 [115]
- Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 654: 1-341 [107]
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Widespread exotic.
Original AFD Distribution Data
Neotropical Region
- French Guiana
Palaearctic Region
Ecological Descriptors
Leaf litter.
General References
Vandel, A. 1962. Isopodes terrestres (deuxième partie). Faune de France 66: 417-931 [756] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement who doubted synonymy and whose view that the two names were synonyms was followed by <410005>)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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| 05-Aug-2022 | 04-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 29-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |