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Reductoniscus costulatus

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Species of woodlouse

Reductoniscus costulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Armadillidae
Genus: Reductoniscus
Species: R. costulatus
Binomial name
Reductoniscus costulatus
Kesselyák, 1930

Reductoniscus costulatus is a species of woodlouse in the family Armadillidae. In the wild, R. costulatus has been found in Mauritius, the Seychelles and Hawaii, including the islands of Oʻahu and Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi. It was discovered in the Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1948, 1976 and 1988, and has been found in greenhouses across Europe.

See also

References

  1. Stefano Taiti & Francis G. Howarth (1996). "Terrestrial isopods from the Hawaiian islands (Isopoda: Oniscidea)" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 45: 59–71.
  2. Verdcourt, B. (2000). B. Verdcourt (ed.). "Additions to the wild fauna and flora of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". Kew Bulletin. 55 (3): 721–752. Bibcode:2000KewBu..55..721V. doi:10.2307/4118790. JSTOR 4118790.
  3. E. Hornung. "List of the Hungarian Terrestrial Isopod Fauna". Retrieved November 16, 2010.
Taxon identifiers
Reductoniscus costulatus


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