Trachelipus rathkii
Trachelipus rathkii: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/8069
Synonyms
Rathke's Woodlouse 
Tags
Non-native

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Description

Key characteristics helpful for the identification are (1) the presence of two uropods, the pointed appendages that extend off the back of the posterior end; (2) the outside edge of the final main trunk segments is even with the outside edge of the first pleon segment; (3) the segments are covered with fine bumps; and (4) the presence of five, not two, pleopodal lungs on the vent.

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Trachelipus rathkii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Trachelipodidae
Genus: Trachelipus
Species:
T. rathkii
Binomial name
Trachelipus rathkii
(Brandt, 1833)
Synonyms [1]
  • Porcellio affinis C. Koch, 1841
  • Porcellio confluens C. Koch, 1841
  • Porcellio ochraceus C. Koch, 1841
  • Porcellio parietinus L. Koch, 1901
  • Porcellio rathkii Brandt, 1833
  • Porcellio striatus Schnitzler, 1853
  • Porcellio sylvestris C. Koch, 1838
  • Porcellio taeniatus Schöbl, 1861
  • Porcellio trilineatus C. Koch, 1841
  • Porcellio varius C. Koch, 1841
  • Trachelipus affinis (C. Koch, 1841)
  • Trachelipus pleonglandulatus Radu, 1950

Trachelipus rathkii, also known as Rathke's Woodlouse, is a species of woodlouse in the genus Trachelipus (family Trachelipodidae). It can be found across Europe, except in the Mediterranean Basin.[1] It has also been introduced to North America, where it can be found across most of the northern half of the United States and southern Canada.[2] They have been recorded as far west as Alberta.[3]

Rathke's woodlice grow to 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in) long.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ "BugGuide".
  3. ^ Li, Weichun (2022-04-14). "Trachelipus rathkii (Brandt, 1833) in Alberta, the First Report of a Terrestrial Isopod from the Prairie Provinces, Canada (Isopoda: Oniscidea)". Western North American Naturalist. 82 (2). doi:10.3398/064.082.0205. ISSN 1527-0904.
  4. ^ "Trachelipus rathkii | British Myriapod and Isopod Group". bmig.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-09.


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