Species Merulana iniqua (Budde-Lund, 1904)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spherillo iniquus Budde-Lund, G. 1904. A revision of "Crustacea Isopoda Terrestria" with additions and illustrations 2. Spherilloninae. 3. Armadillo. Copenhagen : Hagerup 144 pp. [74].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1921.10.18.1864–66 1♂ 2♀, Cape York, QLD.

  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.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

 

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 included species in Pyrgoniscus)

Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 654: 1-341 (generic placement confirmed)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022		04-May-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		29-Jun-2010	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED