Pseudarmadillo
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Delatorreiidae |
| Genus: | Pseudarmadillo Saussure, 1857[1] |
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| Pseudarmadillo carinulatus Saussure, 1857
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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 agramontino Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Camagüey Province
- Pseudarmadillo assoi Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Cienfuegos Province
- Pseudarmadillo auritus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Sancti Spíritus Province
- Pseudarmadillo bidentatus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Guantánamo Province
- Pseudarmadillo buscki Boone, 1934 – La Habana Province
- Pseudarmadillo carinulatus Saussure, 1857 – Cuba and the Bahamas
- Pseudarmadillo elegans Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Isla de la Juventud
- Pseudarmadillo gillianus Richardson, 1902 – La Habana Province, Isla de la Juventud
- Pseudarmadillo holguinensis Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Holguín Province
- Pseudarmadillo hoplites (Boone, 1934) – Camagüey Province
- Pseudarmadillo jaumei Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Guantánamo Province
- Pseudarmadillo maiteae Juarrero de Varona & Armas, 2002 – Santiago de Cuba Province
- Pseudarmadillo mitratus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Las Tunas Province
- Pseudarmadillo nanus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Cienfuegos Province
- Pseudarmadillo spinosus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Sancti Spíritus Province
- Pseudarmadillo vansicklei Juarrero 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]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) — revised and updated version" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A. 654: 341 pp.
- ^ a b 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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