Pseudarmadillo

Pseudarmadillo; Temporal range: Burdigalian? - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Superorder:	Peracarida
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Oniscidea
Family:	Delatorreiidae
Genus:	Pseudarmadillo ; Saussure, 1857
Type species
	Pseudarmadillo carinulatus; Saussure, 1857

Last updated October 15, 2023

Pseudarmadillo is a genus of woodlice from the Greater Antilles. All extant species live in Cuba, with one species also extending to the Bahamas:^[2]

Pseudarmadillo agramontinoArmas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Camagüey Province
Pseudarmadillo assoiArmas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Cienfuegos Province
Pseudarmadillo auritusArmas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Sancti Spíritus Province
Pseudarmadillo bidentatusArmas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Guantánamo Province
Pseudarmadillo busckiBoone, 1934 – La Habana Province
Pseudarmadillo carinulatusSaussure, 1857 – Cuba and the Bahamas
Pseudarmadillo elegansArmas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Isla de la Juventud
Pseudarmadillo gillianusRichardson, 1902 – La Habana Province, Isla de la Juventud
Pseudarmadillo holguinensisArmas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Holguín Province
Pseudarmadillo hoplites(Boone, 1934) – Camagüey Province
Pseudarmadillo jaumeiArmas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Guantánamo Province
Pseudarmadillo maiteaeJuarrero de Varona & Armas, 2002 – Santiago de Cuba Province
Pseudarmadillo mitratusArmas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Las Tunas Province
Pseudarmadillo nanusArmas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Cienfuegos Province
Pseudarmadillo spinosusArmas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Sancti Spíritus Province
Pseudarmadillo vansickleiJuarrero de Varona & Armas, 2003 – Santiago de Cuba Province

Two extinct species are also known from possibly Burdigalian age Dominican amber found on Hispaniola:^[2]

† P. cristatus Schmalfuss, 1984^[3]
† P. tuberculatus Schmalfuss, 1984^[3]

The genus is often considered a member of the Pseudarmadillidae, of which it is the only genus. It has also been placed, together with Cuzcodinella oryx in the family Delatorreiidae, Delatorreia being a synonym of Pseudarmadillo.^[2]

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References

↑ de Saussure, H. (1857). "Diagnoses de quelques Crustacès nouveaux des Antilles et du Mexique". Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée. Ser. 2. 9: 308.
1 2 3 Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) — revised and updated version" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A. 654: 341 pp.
1 2 Schmalfuss, H. (1984). "Two new species of the terrestrial isopod genus Pseudarmadillo from Dominican amber (Amber-Collection Stuttgart: Crustacea, Isopoda, Pseudarmadillidae)". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie). 102: 1–14.

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[Saussure,_1857-1] Saussure, H. (1857). "Diagnoses de quelques Crustacès nouveaux des Antilles et du Mexique". Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée. Ser. 2. 9: 308.

[Schmalfuss-2] 1 2 3 Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) — revised and updated version" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A. 654: 341 pp.

[Schmalfuss1984-3] 1 2 Schmalfuss, H. (1984). "Two new species of the terrestrial isopod genus Pseudarmadillo from Dominican amber (Amber-Collection Stuttgart: Crustacea, Isopoda, Pseudarmadillidae)". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie). 102: 1–14.

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