Genus Porcellionides Miers, 1877
- Porcellionides 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 [668] [as
Porcellio (Porcellionides) Miers, 1877].Type species:
Porcellio jelskii Miers, 1877 by subsequent designation, see 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. - Metoponorthus Budde-Lund, G. 1885. Crustacea Isopoda Terrestria per Familias et Genera et Species descripta. Hauniae : Sumtibus Auctoria 320 pp. [161].
Type species (included species):
Metoponorthus tingitanus Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus virescens Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus virgatus Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus viridis Budde-Lund, 1885; Porcellio swammerdamii Audouin & Savigny, 1826; Porcellio pruinosus Milne Edwards, 1840; Porcellio nigricans Milne Edwards, 1840; Porcellio amoenus Koch, 1841; Porcellio sexfasciatus Koch, 1847; Porcellio glaber Koch, 1856; Porcellio myrmecophilus Stein, 1859; Porcellio maracandicus Uljanin, 1875; Porcellio hispidus Miers, 1877; Metoponorthus approximatus Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus cingendus Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus coxalis Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus frontosus Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus fuscomarmoratus Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus instinctus Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus lacteolus Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus laevigatus Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus linearis Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus litoralis Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus madagascariensis Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus melanurus Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus meleagris Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus orientalis Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus parcus Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus parvulus Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus peregrinus Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus philoscides Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus planus Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus politulus Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus rectifrons Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus sabuleti Budde-Lund, 1885; Metoponorthus simplex Budde-Lund, 1885
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [88]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), 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), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
History of changes
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