Porcellio

Porcellio is a genus of woodlice in the family Porcellionidae. These crustaceans are found essentially worldwide. A well-known species is the common rough woodlouse, Porcellio scaber.

Porcellio
Porcellio scaber
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Superorder:	Peracarida
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Oniscidea
Family:	Porcellionidae
Genus:	Porcellio Latreille, 1804 [1]
Diversity
c. 200 species

Most of the hundreds of Porcellio species were described by 1950, and many were known by the end of the 19th century already. But occasionally, new species have been found even in recent times.

Species

There are approximately 191 species in the genus Porcellio :[2]

Porcellio achilleionensis Verhoeff, 1901 Porcellio acutiserra Barnard, 1940 Porcellio aghousi Paulian de Felice, 1939 Porcellio albanicus Verhoeff, 1907 Porcellio albicornis (Dollfus, 1896) Porcellio albinus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio alexandrinus Brandt, 1833 Porcellio alluaudi Dollfus, 1893 Porcellio alpinus Am Stein, 1857 Porcellio alticola Vandel, 1940 Porcellio anagae Hoese, 1985 Porcellio ancararum Rodriguez & Vicente, 1992 Porcellio andreinii Arcangeli, 1913 Porcellio angustulus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio atlanteus Verhoeff, 1937 Porcellio atlantidum Paulian de Felice, 1939 Porcellio atticus Verhoeff, 1907 Porcellio auritus Budde-Lund, 1879 Porcellio babilonus Rodriguez & Barrientos, 1993 Porcellio baeticensis Vandel, 1953 Porcellio baidensis Viglianisi, Lombardo & Caruso, 1992 Porcellio balearicus Cruz & Garcia, 1994 Porcellio barroisi Dollfus, 1892 Porcellio batesoni Collinge, 1915 Porcellio bistriatus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio blattarius Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio bolivari Dollfus, 1892 Porcellio bovei Lucas, 1849 Porcellio brevipennis Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio buddelundi Simon, 1885 Porcellio cadenati Vandel, 1954 Porcellio calderensis Vandel, 1954 Porcellio canariensis Dollfus, 1893 Porcellio cataractae Vandel, 1960 Porcellio cavernicolus Vandel, 1946 Porcellio centralis Vandel, 1954 Porcellio chilensis Nicolet, 1849 Porcellio chuldahensis Verhoeff, 1923 Porcellio cilicius Verhoeff, 1907 Porcellio colasi Vandel, 1958 Porcellio conchus Mulaik & Mulaik, 1943 Porcellio conifer C. Koch, 1856 Porcellio coronatus C. Koch, 1856 Porcellio curti (Vandel, 1980) Porcellio cyclocephalus Menge, 1854 Porcellio dalensi Caruso & Maio, 1990 Porcellio debueni Dollfus, 1892 Porcellio deganiensis Verhoeff, 1923 Porcellio despaxi Vandel, 1958 Porcellio dilatatus Brandt, 1833 Porcellio dispar Verhoeff, 1901 Porcellio djahizi Medini & Charfi-Cheikhrouha, 2001 Porcellio djebeli Paulian de Felice, 1939 Porcellio duboscqui Paulian de Felice, 1941 Porcellio echinatus Lucas, 1849 Porcellio elongatus Shen, 1949 Porcellio emaciatus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio eserensis Rodriguez & Vicente, 1992 Porcellio evansi Omer-Cooper, 1923 Porcellio eximius Dollfus, 1896 Porcellio expansus Dollfus, 1892 Porcellio exstinctus Verhoeff, 1923 Porcellio ferrarai Caruso & Maio, 1990

Porcellio ferroi Paulian de Felice, 1939 Porcellio ferrugineus Brandt, 1833 Porcellio festai Arcangeli, 1932 Porcellio ficulneus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio flavocinctus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio flavomarginatus Lucas, 1853 Porcellio formosus Stuxberg, 1875 Porcellio franzi Schmolzer, 1955 Porcellio gallicus Dollfus, 1904 Porcellio gauthieri Paulian de Felice, 1939 Porcellio gestroi Brian, 1932 Porcellio giustii Caruso & Maio, 1990 Porcellio glaberrimus Verhoeff, 1951 Porcellio grandeus Mulaik & Mulaik, 1943 Porcellio granulatus Menge, 1854 Porcellio granuliferus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio gruneri Hoese, 1978 Porcellio haasi Arcangeli, 1925 Porcellio herminiensis Vandel, 1946 Porcellio hispanus Dollfus, 1892 Porcellio hoffmannseggii Brandt, 1833 Porcellio humberti Vandel, 1958 Porcellio hyblaeus Viglianisi, Lombardo & Caruso, 1992 Porcellio imbutus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio incanus Budde-Lund, 1879 Porcellio inconspicuus Dollfus, 1892 Porcellio ingenuus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio insignis Brandt, 1833 Porcellio intercalarius Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio intermedius Schmolzer, 1953 Porcellio interpolator Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio jaicensis Verhoeff, 1907 Porcellio klaptoczi Verhoeff, 1907 Porcellio krivosijensis Strouhal, 1939 Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804 Porcellio laevissimus Dollfus, 1898 Porcellio lamellatus Budde-Lund, 1875 Porcellio lapidicolus Paulian de Felice, 1939 Porcellio lepineyi Verhoeff, 1937 Porcellio letourneuxi Simon, 1885 Porcellio liliputanus Nicolet, 1849 Porcellio longicornis Stein, 1859 Porcellio maculipennis Budde-Lund, 1894 Porcellio maculipes Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio magnificus Dollfus, 1892 Porcellio mahadidi Caruso & Maio, 1990 Porcellio marginalis Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio marginenotatus Budde-Lund, 1879 Porcellio martini Dalens, 1984 Porcellio medinae Rodriguez & Barrientos, 1993 Porcellio meridionalis Vandel, 1954 Porcellio messenicus Verhoeff, 1907 Porcellio minutus Budde-Lund, 1909 Porcellio monardi Brian, 1953 Porcellio montanus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio monticola Lereboullet, 1853 Porcellio narentanus Verhoeff, 1907 Porcellio nasutus Strouhal, 1936 Porcellio nemethi Paulian de Felice, 1939 Porcellio nicklesi Dollfus, 1892 Porcellio nigrogranulatus Dollfus, 1892 Porcellio normani (Dollfus, 1899) Porcellio notatus C. Koch, 1854

Porcellio novus Arcangeli, 1936 Porcellio obsoletus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio ocellatus Budde-Lund, 1879 Porcellio olivieri (Audouin, 1826) Porcellio ombrionis Vandel, 1954 Porcellio omodeoi Caruso & Maio, 1990 Porcellio orarum Verhoeff, 1910 Porcellio ornatus Milne-Edwards, 1840 Porcellio ovalis Dollfus, 1893 Porcellio palaestinus Verhoeff, 1931 Porcellio palmae Hoese, 1985 Porcellio parenzani Arcangeli, 1932 Porcellio pelseneeri Arcangeli, 1936 Porcellio peninsulae Verhoeff, 1944 Porcellio peyerimhoffi Paulian de Felice, 1942 Porcellio piceus Dollfus, 1895 Porcellio pityensis Vandel, 1956 Porcellio platysoma Brandt, 1841 Porcellio praeustus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio provincialis Aubert & Dollfus, 1890 Porcellio pseudocilicius Schmalfuss, 1992 Porcellio puberulus Dollfus, 1895 Porcellio pulverulentus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio pumicatus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio purpureus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio pyrenaeus Dollfus, 1892 Porcellio quercuum Verhoeff, 1952 Porcellio ribauti Verhoeff, 1907 Porcellio riffensis Caruso & Maio, 1990 Porcellio romanorum Verhoeff, 1901 Porcellio rubidus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio rucneri Karaman, 1966 Porcellio rufobrunneus Omer-Cooper, 1923 Porcellio saharaiensis Maio & Dalens, 1991 Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804 Porcellio scabriusculus Mulaik, 1960 Porcellio scitus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio septentrionalis Vandel, 1954 Porcellio siculoccidentalis Viglianisi, Lombardo & Caruso, 1992 Porcellio silvestrii Arcangeli, 1924 Porcellio simulator Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio spatulatus Costa, 1882 Porcellio spinicornis Say, 1818 Porcellio spinipennis Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio spinipes Dollfus, 1893 Porcellio spretus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio strinatii Vandel, 1960 Porcellio studienstiftius Hoese, 1985 Porcellio succinctus Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio tentaculatus Vieira, 1982 Porcellio tortonesei Arcangeli, 1932 Porcellio tripolitanus Verhoeff, 1907 Porcellio turolensis Cruz, 1992 Porcellio uljanini Budde-Lund, 1885 Porcellio vandeli Verhoeff, 1938 Porcellio variabilis Lucas, 1849 Porcellio villiersi Paulian de Felice, 1939 Porcellio violaceus Budde-Lund, 1879 Porcellio wagneri Brandt, 1841 Porcellio werneri Strouhal, 1929 Porcellio xavieri Arcangeli, 1958 Porcellio yemenensis Barnard, 1941 Porcellio zarcoi Vandel, 1960

Porcellio cyclocephalus and P. notatus are fossil species from Baltic amber. They are placed in the present genus for lack of a better alternative, but whether this is correct is doubtful as the original descriptions are very brief and hardly diagnostic.

References

1. "Porcellio". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
2. Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) — revised and updated version" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A. 654: 341 pp.