Armadillidium petralonense
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| Armadillidium petralonense | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Armadillidiidae |
| Genus: | Armadillidium |
| Species: | A. petralonense |
| Binomial name | |
| Armadillidium petralonense | |
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| Distribution of Armadillidium petralonense (in red)[1][3] | |
Armadillidium petralonense is a European species of woodlouse endemic to Greece. It is a relatively medium-sized species that probably belongs to the so-called "Armadillidium fossuligerum complex".[1][2]
Armadilliidum petralonense was described as a distinct species of Armadillidium in 2008, based on specimens collected as far back as 1960. The species is also thought to belong to the "Armadillidium fossuligerum complex", a group of 4 species (A. jerenntrupi, A. fossuligerum sensu lato, A. petralonense and A. pieperi) that occur in the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula (mainly Greece and the adjacent areas of North Macedonia and Bulgaria). It can be separated from the first two species by the shape of the telson (pointed instead of truncate) and from the allopatric, but very similar, A. pieperi by the ventral shape of the ischium of the seventh pereiopod of the male (straight in A. petralonense vs strongly concave in A. pieperi).[1]