Genus Notoniscus Chilton, 1915

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Genus Notoniscus Chilton, 1915

Notoniscus Chilton, C. 1915. Some terrestrial Isopoda from New Zealand and Tasmania, with description of a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 32: 417-427 [418].
Type species:
Haplophthalmus helmsii Chilton, 1901 by subsequent designation, see Jackson, H.G. 1941. Check-list of the terrestrial and freshwater Isopoda of Oceania. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 99: 1-35 [8].
Chiltonia Arcangeli, A. 1923. Revisione del gruppo degli Haplophthalmi, Isopodi terrestri. Archivo di Zoologia, Napoli 10: 259-321 [314] [junior homonym of Chiltonia Stebbing, 1899].
Type species:
Haplophthalmus tasmanicus Chilton, 1915 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Green, A.J.A. 1961. A study of Tasmanian Oniscoidea (Crustacea: Isopoda). Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 258-365 [284]

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications: STYLONISCIDAE: Notoniscus australis (Chilton, 1909) — Green, A.J.A. 1971. Styloniscidae (Isopoda, Oniscoidea) from Tasmania and New Zealand. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 105: 59-74 [72] (synonym of Notoniscus chiltoni)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand, Juan Fernandez Ils (Chile).

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal

Distribution References

Green, A.J.A. 1974. Oniscoidea (Terrestrial Isopoda). pp. 229-249 in Williams, W.D. (ed.). Biogeography and Ecology in Tasmania. The Hague : Junk 498 pp.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	PERACARIDA Calman, 1904	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED	Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV)
05-Aug-2022	ISOPODA Latreille, 1817	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED

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