Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804

Taiti, Stefano & Wynne, J. Judson, 2015, The terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea, Oniscidea) of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), with descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 515, pp. 27-49 : 37-38

Taxon classification Animalia Isopoda Porcellionidae

Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804

Porcellio scaber ; Fuentes 1914: 315; Wynne et al. 2014: 716.

Material examined.

Chile, Rapa Nui: 1 ♀ (AMNH 18362), VIII.1999, leg. C. Boyko, J. Tanacredi, S. Reanier, H. Tonnemacher and S. Lopez; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ (AMNH 18363), Maunga Tangaroa, 20.VIII.1999, leg. C. Boyko, J. Tanacredi, S. Reanier, H. Tonnemacher and S. Lopez; 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ (AMNH 18365), Ana te Pahu, 21.VIII.1999, leg. C. Boyko, J. Tanacredi, S. Reanier, H. Tonnemacher and S. Lopez; 2 ♂♂, 13 ♀♀ (AMNH 18364), Poike region, 25.VIII.1999, leg. C. Boyko, J. Tanacredi, S. Reanier, H. Tonnemacher and S. Lopez; 1 ♂ (BPBM), Mahunga Hiva Hiva, surface in front of Cave Q15-038, opportunistic collection (eastern-most collapse pit, southern extent near cave entrance), 18.VIII.2008, J.J. Wynne; 1 ♂ (BPBM), Mahunga Hiva Hiva, surface grid 2, 27°06'41.3"S, 109°25'09.2"W, pitfall trap 21, 10.VII.2009, leg. J.J. Wynne; 1 juv. (BPBM), Mahunga Hiva Hiva, surface in front of Cave Q15-038, timed search at 1C (eastern-most collapse pit on southern extent near cave entrance), 20.VIII.2008, leg. J.J. Wynne; 3 ♂♂ (BPBM), Cave Q15-038, fern-moss garden (entrance zone), direct intuitive search, 4.XII.2008, leg. J.J. Wynne; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ (BPBM), Mahunga Hiva Hiva, Cave Q15-076/078, opportunistic collection, 4.VII.2009, leg. J.J. Wynne; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ (BPBM), Mahunga Hiva Hiva, Cave Q15-070, fern-moss garden (entrance zone), direct intuitive search, 13.VII.2009, leg. J.J. Wynne; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ (BPBM), Mahunga Hiva Hiva, Cave Q15-074, skylight entrance (1st entrance NW of main entrance; entrance zone), opportunistic collection, 3.VII.2009, leg. J.J. Wynne; 1 juv. (BPBM), Ma hunga Hiva Hiva, Cave Q15-067, fern-moss garden (entrance zone), direct intuitive search, 10.VII.2009, leg. J.J. Wynne; 1 ♀ (BPBM), Mahunga Hiva Hiva, Cave Q15-127, entrance zone, pitfall trap 1A, 5.VII.2009, leg. J.J. Wynne; 1 ♂ (BPBM), same data, pitfall traps 1B; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (BPBM), Mahunga Hiva Hiva, surface grid 1, 27°06'53.1"S, 109°24'20.3"W, pitfall trap 3, 10.VII.2009, leg. J.J. Wynne; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (BPBM), same location, pitfall trap 10, 10.VII.2009, leg. J.J. Wynne; 2 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀ (BPBM), same location, pitfall trap 12, 10.VII.2009, leg. J.J. Wynne.

Distribution.

Cosmopolitan species of western European origin.