The British Woodlice: Being a Monograph of the Terrestrial Isopod Crustacea Occurring in the British Islands — John Shaqi
The British Woodlice: Being a Monograph of the Terrestrial Isopod Crustacea Occurring in the British IslandsWebb, Wilfred Mark
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The British Woodlice: Being a Monograph of the Terrestrial Isopod Crustacea Occurring in the British Islands
Webb, Wilfred Mark
Crustacea -- Great Britain; Oniscidae
The third British species of _Trichoniscus_ is of a deep pink colour
and has a light yellow stripe down the back (in some habitats the
animals are said to be quite white). Arranged in transverse rows upon
the body are large tubercles, each of which under strong magnification
will be found to end in a tiny hair. It is distinguished from
_Trichoniscus pusillus_ by the larger size of its body, which is
also comparatively broader, and from _Trichoniscus vividus_ by the
four joints of the flagellum of its antennæ which latter have strong
bristles upon them. In the former species there are five or more joints
to the flagellum and the antennæ, though hairy, lack the bristles.
_Trichoniscus roseus_ is to be looked for in old gardens.
[Illustration: FIG. 39.--FLAGELLUM AND LAST PEDUNCULAR JOINT OF THE
ANTENNA OF _Trichoniscus roseus_.]
_BRITISH LOCALITIES:--_
_England_: Warley; (W.M.W.): Maldon; (W.M.W. from R.M.): Stanmore;
Hanwell; Ealing; Wimbledon; (W.M.W.): Berkhamsted; Torquay;
(Norman, 49): Plymouth; (Bate and Westwood, 1 and B.M.,):
Grassendale, near Liverpool; (R.W.): Newtownards; (R.W., Irish
Nat, 1904, p. 260.)
_Scotland_: Tarbert; (Scot, 68).
_Ireland_: Dublin; Ballyfinder, Co. Down; (Scharff, 63):
Templeogue; Dundrum; Blackrock; Rathgar, Co. Dublin; Bray, Co.
Wicklow; (R.F.S.): Oakleigh; Kerry; (R.W.): Belfast; (Welch, Irish
Nat., 1896, p. 213.): At the grave of Josiah Welch (grandson of
John Knox), Castle Upton; Richhill, Co. Armagh; Castleconnell
Ferry; (R.W.): Glenade House, Co. Antrim; (R.W. from R. Ll.
Praeger).
_FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION:--_
_Europe_: France; (25): Spain; (12): Italy; (59): Denmark;
Germany; Holland; (39): Dalmatia; (18).
_Africa_: Algeria; Tunis; (24).
_Genus_--=TRICHONISCOIDES=, Sars, 1898 (59), p. 164.
_Abdomen narrow; eyes simple; (or wanting); flagellum, with four
joints._
The members of this genus are very much like those of _Trichoniscus_.
In the latter, however, the hinder legs are longer in proportion and
the eyes are compound.
=Trichoniscoides albidus= Budde-Lund. PLATE VI.
1879 _Trichoniscus albidus_ Budde-Lund (7) p. 9.
1898 _Trichoniscoides albidus_ Sars (59), p. 165, pl. LXXIII.,
fig. 2.
[Illustration: FIG. 40.--FLAGELLUM AND LAST PEDUNCULAR JOINT OF THE
ANTENNA OF _Trichoniscoides albidus_.]
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