Trichorhina acuta

Trichorhina acuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Oniscidea
Family:	Platyarthridae
Genus:	Trichorhina
Species:	T. acuta
Binomial name
	Trichorhina acuta; Araujo & Buckup, 1994

Last updated September 11, 2025

Trichorhina acuta is a species of woodlouse, originally described by Araujo and Buckup in 1994. Distributed throughout Brazil,^[1] it can be found living synantropically, under dead plant matter or stones.^[2]

Etymology

The name comes from the Greek prefix tri-, meaning three and the Greek word chorhina, meaning villages. It also has the Greek word acuta, meaning sharp.

References

↑ Leistikow, Andreas (1999). "Checklist of the terrestrial isopods of the new world (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)". Revta Bras. Zool. 16 (1): 28. doi: 10.1590/S0101-81751999000100001 .
↑ Souza, Leila A. (2011). "The genus Trichorhina Budde-Lund in Brazil, with description of seven new species (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Platyarthridae)". Iheringia, Série Zoologia, Porto Alegre. 101 (3): 241.

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[1] Leistikow, Andreas (1999). "Checklist of the terrestrial isopods of the new world (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)". Revta Bras. Zool. 16 (1): 28. doi: 10.1590/S0101-81751999000100001 .

[2] Souza, Leila A. (2011). "The genus Trichorhina Budde-Lund in Brazil, with description of seven new species (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Platyarthridae)". Iheringia, Série Zoologia, Porto Alegre. 101 (3): 241.

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