Eubelum asperius Van Name, 1920

Cifuentes, Julio & DA SILVA, Luis P., 2023, Terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) of São Tomé Island, with the description of two new Armadillidae Brandt, 1831 species, Zoosystema 45 (21), pp. 635-652 : 647

Eubelum asperius Van Name, 1920

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Eubelum asperius Van Name, 1920: 86 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe • 1 ♂; Agripalma; 0°07’38.0”N, 6°35’25.9”E; 18.V.2022; L.P. da Silva leg.; OST059 ; IBI • 1 ♀; Água Izé ; 0°13’27.8”N, 6°43’37.8”E; 18.V.2022; L.P. da Silva leg.; OST053 ; IBI • 1 ♀; Água Izé ; 0°13’27.9”N, 6°43’37.3”E; 18.V.2022; L.P. da Silva leg.; OST055 ; IBI • 1 ♂; CIAT ; 0°20’13.0”N, 6°39’02.6”E; 10.V.2022; L.P. Da Silva leg.; MNCN 20.04/14253 • 3 ♀; CIAT ; 0°20’13.0”N, 6°39’02.6”E; L.P. Da Silva leg.; OST017b ; IBI • 3 ♀; CIAT ; 0°20’11.6”N, 6°39’00.7”E; 10.V.2022; L.P. Da Silva leg.; OST018 ; IBI • 1 ♂; CIAT ; 0°20’11.7”N, 6°39’00.6”E; 10.V.2022; L.P. Da Silva leg.; Coll. JC690 • 1 ♂; CIAT ; 0°20’11.7”N, 6°39’00.6”E; 10.V.2022; L.P. Da Silva leg.; OST016a ; MNHN-IU-2022-1624 • 1 ♀; CIAT ; 0°20’11.7”N, 6°39’00.6”E; 10.V.2022; L.P. Da Silva leg.; OST016b ; MNHN-IU-2022-1625 • 1 ♀; Dona Augusta ; 0°06’45.8”N, 6°37’41.4”E; 18.V.2022; L.P. da Silva leg.; OST058 ; IBI • 1 ♂; Sebastião dos Anjos do Rosário – “Sum Mé Xinhô” secundary school; 0°22’23.0”N, 6°38’59.7”E; 19.V.2022; L.P. da Silva leg.; OST064a ; IBI • 1 ♀; Sebastião dos Anjos do Rosário – “Sum Mé Xinhô” secundary school; 0°22’23.0”N, 6°38’59.7”E; 19.V.2022; L.P. da Silva leg.; OST064b ; IBI • 1 ♀; Malanza ; 0°02’38.9”N, 6°31’58.2”E; 18.V.2022; L.P. da Silva leg.; OST061 ; IBI • 1 ♀; Monte Café ; 0°18’02.4”N, 6°38’24.6”E; 15.V.2022; L.P. da Silva leg.; OST038 ; IBI • 1 ♀; Roça Agostinho Neto ; 0°21’37.8”N, 6°38’15.7”E; 19.V.2022; L.P. da Silva leg.; OST063 ; IBI • 2 ♀; Roça Costa Santos; 0°19’53.9”N, 6°33’26.0”E; 12.V.2022; L.P. da Silva leg.; OST028 ; IBI • 1 ♀; Roça de São João de Angolares ; 0°08’21.3”N, 6°38’51.0”E; 18.V.2022; L.P. da Silva leg.; OST060 ; IBI • 1 ♀; Secador da Colonia Açoriana ; 0°10’42.3”N, 6°40’53.5”E; 18.V.2022; L.P. da Silva leg.; OST057 ; IBI • 1 ♂; Trilho dos Tuneis ; 0°18’28.1”N, 6°33’13.9”E; 11.V.2022; L.P. da Silva leg.; OST025 ; IBI • 1 ♀; Vale Formoso; 0°13’58.9”N, 6°38’18.2”E; 13.V.2022; L.P. da Silva leg.; OST029 ; IBI .

REMARKS

Eubelum asperius is known from São Tomé Island from Agua Izé, São Tomé and Vista Alegre ( Ferrara & Schmalfuss 1976) and from Aguazo (Morro Carregado), Bombain, Colline Mukinki, Fortunato and São Nicolau, ( Ferrara & Schmalfuss 1985). Besides São Tomé, it is also cited from Cameroon, Congo-Brazaville, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Prince Island ( Ferrara & Schmalfuss 1976, 1985; Ferrara & Taiti 1979; Cifuentes 2021).

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FIG. 2. — A, Agnara madagascariensis (Budde-Lund, 1885), habitus; B, Ctenorillo bananae (Van Name, 1920), habitus; C, Ctenorillo atlanticus n. sp., habitus; D, Cubaris murina Brandt, 1833, habitus; E, Gabunillo thomensis n. sp., habitus; F, Venezillo crassus (Budde-Lund, 1904), habitus; G, Elumoides atlanticus Ferrara & Schmalfuss,1983,habitus; H, Eubelum asperius Van Name, 1920, habitus;I, Burmoniscus kohleri (Schmalfuss & Ferrara,1978), habitus;J, Congophiloscia saothomensis Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978, habitus; K, Niambia atracheata (Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978), habitus; L-N, Trichorhina hospes Silvestri, 1918, habitus (L), antennula (M), scale-setae (N); O-Q, Trichorhina kribensis Ferrara & Schmalfuss, 1983, habitus (O), antennula (P), scale-setae (Q); R, Nagurus cristatus (Dollfus, 1889), habitus. Scale bars: A-C, I, J, L, O, 0.5 mm; D, F, H, K, R, 1 mm; E, G, 0.1 mm; M, N, P, Q, 0.01 mm.