Introduction

Members of Styloniscus Dana and Notoniscus Chilton typically inhabit litter and rotting wood in wet forests. Styloniscus also occurs in damp places in more open habitats (Green 1971) and is present in caves where both epigean and troglobitic species have been collected. One unnamed species has been found associated with ants. The family encircles the Southern Hemisphere with some remote islands included in its distribution. North of the equator it is less widespread. Two species of Styloniscus have been introduced to Britain.

Styloniscidae Vandel, 1952, is a replacement name for Patagoniscidae Verhoeff, 1939, and is conserved under ICZN Article 40. Dana (1853) established Styloniscus with two included species, S. magellanicus and S. longistylis. Jackson (1941) selected the latter as the type species and, although this subsequent designation is valid, the choice would create taxonomic havoc if followed. Styloniscus longistylis is now regarded as a member of Olibrinus Budde-Lund, 1913 (Olibrinidae) (Taiti & Ferrara 1991). Vandel's (1952) later designation of S. magellanicus as type species can not replace that of Jackson but, for practical reasons, this species rather than S. longistylis has been regarded as 'typical' (Green 1961). An application to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (Lehtinen et al. 1994) to replace Jackson's type species with S. magellanicus, so as to reflect modern usage of the genus name, has not been acted on.

In spite of this, the genus is understood clearly and now includes 40 named species and others to be established. Modern authors follow the definition of Vandel (1952) who contrasted it with Trichoniscus.

Diagnosis

Animal does not conglobate. Head with supra-antennal line present, frontal line absent. Eye usually composed of 3 ommatidia, but may be reduced or absent. Antenna 2 flagellum with 3–10 articles in Australasian species. Mandible with molar process. Dactylar organ present on each pereopod. Male with single penis containing 2 ducts which join to lead to 1 median aperture. Pleopods 1 and 2 of male modified as copulatory structures. Pleopod 1 of male with protopod very large, operated by conspicuous muscles from sternite 1. Without pleopodal lungs. Telson trapezoidal.

General References

Dana, J.D. 1853. Crustacea. Part 2. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 13(2): 686-1618 [Folio atlas of 96 plates]

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

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

Jackson, H.G. 1941. Check-list of the terrestrial and freshwater Isopoda of Oceania. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 99: 1-35

Lehtinen, P.T., Taiti, S., Ferrara, F. & Green, A.J.A. 1994. Case 2912. Styloniscus Dana, 1853 (Crustacea, Isopoda): proposed designation of Styloniscus magellanicus Dana, 1853 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 51: 1

Taiti, S. & Ferrara, F. 1991. New species and records of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea) from the Arabian Peninsula. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 12: 209-224

Vandel, A. 1952. Les Trichoniscides (Crustacés, Isopodes) de l'hémisphère austral, leur place systématique, leur interêt biogéographique. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] (A) Zoologie 6: 1-116

History of changes

• 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).

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

History of changes

• Notoniscus chiltoni 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].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P17674 ♂, myrtle forest near Collinsvale, TAS.
  Paratype(s) AM P17675 ♀ allotype; WAM 207-70, 208-70; TMH G1326–27.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Notoniscus australis (Chilton, 1909) [misidentification, see Green (1971)]. —
  Green, A.J.A. 1961. A study of Tasmanian Oniscoidea (Crustacea: Isopoda). Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 258-365 [287] (misidentification)

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, rotting wood, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Wet sclerophyll forest, temperate rainforest.

General References

Green, A.J.A. 1961. A study of Tasmanian Oniscoidea (Crustacea: Isopoda). Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 258-365 (description as Notoniscus australis Chilton, 1915)

History of changes

• Haplophthalmus tasmanicus 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 [424].

  Type data:

   Holotype CMNZ Is.8 ♀ with slide, Fern Tree (as Fern Tree Gully) Hobart, TAS.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), 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

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, rotting wood, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Wet sclerophyll forest, temperate rainforest.

General References

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

Vandel, A. 1973. Les Isopodes terrestres de l'Australie, étude systématique et biogéographique. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] (A) Zoologie 82: 1-171 (distribution)

History of changes

• Styloniscus Dana, J.D. 1853. Crustacea. Part 2. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 13(2): 686-1618 [Folio atlas of 96 plates] [736] [type species designation of Jackson, 1941 has priority over that of Vandel, 1952; see discussion in the introduction on the systematics of the Styloniscidae].

  Type species (included species):

   Styloniscus longistylis Dana, 1853; Styloniscus magellanicus Dana, 1853 (see comments on subsequent type species designations in family introduction).

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

STYLONISCIDAE: Styloniscus commensalis (Chilton, 1910) — Green, A.J.A. in Poore, G.C.B. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Syncarida, Peracarida: Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacea. In Houston, W.W.K. & Beesley, P.L. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2A. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xii 434 pp.

STYLONISCIDAE: Styloniscus phormianus (Chilton, 1901) — 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 [64] (= S. hirtutus)

STYLONISCIDAE: Styloniscus thomsoni (Chilton, 1885) — 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 [61] (= S. sylvestris)

STYLONISCIDAE: Styloniscus verrucosus (Budde-Lund, 1906) — 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. [241]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern hemisphere including Subantarctic islands, Cuba, Guatemala.

IBRA

NSW, 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), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), 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), 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)

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Distribution References

History of changes

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Vandel, A. 1973. Les Isopodes terrestres de l'Australie, étude systématique et biogéographique. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] (A) Zoologie 82: 1-171 [20]

Distribution

States

Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

History of changes

• Styloniscus australiensis australiensis Vandel, A. 1973. Les Isopodes terrestres de l'Australie, étude systématique et biogéographique. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] (A) Zoologie 82: 1-171 [20].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP, Witchcliffe Cave, Margaret River and Giants Cave, Augusta, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Styloniscus australiensis cavernicolus Vandel, A. 1973. Les Isopodes terrestres de l'Australie, étude systématique et biogéographique. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] (A) Zoologie 82: 1-171 [21].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP, Sausage Cave, Mt Hamilton, VIC and Labyrinth Cave and Calgardup Cave, Augusta, WA.

Distribution

States

Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Styloniscus hirsutus 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 [64].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P17670 ♂, eucalypt and myrtle forest, Mt Wellington, TAS.
  Paratype(s) AM P17671 ♀ allotype; WAM 203-70, 204-70; TMH G1322–3.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Styloniscus phormianus Chilton, 1901 [misidentification].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, litter, rotting wood, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Wet sclerophyll forest, temperate rainforest.

General References

Eberhard, S. 1988. Review of terrestrial Isopoda (Oniscoidea) recorded from Tasmanian caves. Tasmanian Cave and Karst Research Group Journal 4: 48-49 (record from caves)

History of changes

• Styloniscus maculosus Green, A.J.A. 1961. A study of Tasmanian Oniscoidea (Crustacea: Isopoda). Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 258-365 [276].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P13526 ♂, eucalypt and tree fern forest, Tarraleah, TAS.
  Paratype(s) AM P13527 ♀ allotype; WAM 548-85, 549-85; TMH G878–9.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, litter, rotting wood, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Wet sclerophyll forest, temperate rainforest.

General References

Eberhard, S. 1988. Review of terrestrial Isopoda (Oniscoidea) recorded from Tasmanian caves. Tasmanian Cave and Karst Research Group Journal 4: 48-49 (record from caves)

History of changes

• Styloniscus nichollsi Vandel, A. 1952. Les Trichoniscides (Crustacés, Isopodes) de l'hémisphère austral, leur place systématique, leur interêt biogéographique. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] (A) Zoologie 6: 1-116 [30].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP, Guide River Falls, near Burnie, TAS.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

IBRA

NSW, Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, litter, rotting wood, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Sclerophyll forest, temperate rainforest, flood debris in caves.

General References

Eberhard, S. 1988. Review of terrestrial Isopoda (Oniscoidea) recorded from Tasmanian caves. Tasmanian Cave and Karst Research Group Journal 4: 48-49 (record from Tasmanian caves)

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. (distribution, ecology)

History of changes

• Trichoniscus otakensis Chilton, C. 1901. The terrestrial Isopoda of New Zealand. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London Zool. 8: 99-152 [117].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) CMNZ Chilton Jar 67 tubes of specimens + 8 slides, Dunedin, Flagstaff Hill and Mihiwaka (and other localities in South Is., New Zealand). See Green (1971).

  Type locality references:

  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.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand, Chatham Ils, Auckland Ils (probably introduced to Macquarie Is. from NZ).

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

General References

van Klinken, R.D. & Green, A.J.A. 1992. The first record of Oniscidea (terrestrial Isopoda) from Macquarie Island. Polar Record 28: 240-242 (Macquarie Is. record)

History of changes

• Styloniscus planus 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 [67].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P17672 ♂, Wombat Moor, Mt Field National Park, TAS.
  Paratype(s) AM P17673 ♀ allotype; WAM 205-70, 206-70; TMH G1324–25.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Alpine, soil dweller, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Damp ground, under stones.

History of changes

• Styloniscus squarrosus Green, A.J.A. 1961. A study of Tasmanian Oniscoidea (Crustacea: Isopoda). Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 258-365 [281].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P13528 ♂, Mt Wellington, TAS.
  Paratype(s) AM P13529 ♀ allotype; WAM 550-85, 551-85; TMH G880–81.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), 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

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, litter, rotting wood, terrestrial.

General References

Eberhard, S. 1988. Review of terrestrial Isopoda (Oniscoidea) recorded from Tasmanian caves. Tasmanian Cave and Karst Research Group Journal 4: 48-49 (record from caves)

History of changes

• Styloniscus sylvestris 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 [61].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P17668 ♂, eucalypt and myrtle forest, Mt Wellington, TAS.
  Paratype(s) AM P17669 ♀ allotype; WAM 201-70, 202-70; TMH G1320–1.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Styloniscus thomsoni Chilton, 1885 [misidentification].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, rotting wood, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Wet sclerophyll forest, temperate rainforest.

History of changes