Armadillidium pieperi
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| Armadillidium pieperi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Armadillidiidae |
| Genus: | Armadillidium |
| Species: | A. pieperi |
| Binomial name | |
| Armadillidium pieperi | |
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| Distribution of Armadillidium pieperi (in red)[1][3] | |
Armadillidium pieperi 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 pieperi was described as a distinct species of Armadillidium in 2008, based on specimens collected as far back as 1980. 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. petralonense by the ventral shape of the ischium of the seventh pereiopod of the male (strongly concave in A. pieperi vs straight in A. petralonense).[1]