Porcellio pumicatus

Porcellio pumicatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Superorder:	Peracarida
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Oniscidea
Family:	Porcellionidae
Genus:	Porcellio
Species:	P. pumicatus
Binomial name
	Porcellio pumicatus; Budde-Lund, 1885
Synonyms [1]
	Porcellio orarum verhoeffi Dahl, 1916; Porcellio strandi Strouhal, 1937; Porcellio verhoeffi Dahl, 1916;

Porcellio pumicatus is a species of woodlouse in the genus Porcellio belonging to the family Porcellionidae. This species is known to occur in Central Italy and on Sardinia.[1][2] Adults reach about 15 millimetres (0.59 in) long and can mostly be encountered under stones.

References

Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) – revised and updated version" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A. 654: 341 pp.
"Porcellio pumicatus Budde-Lund, 1885". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2013.

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[Schmalfuss-1] Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) – revised and updated version" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A. 654: 341 pp.

[2] "Porcellio pumicatus Budde-Lund, 1885". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2013.