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Pseudarmadillo

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Order
  
Isopoda

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Malacostraca

Family
  
Delatorreidae

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Pseudarmadillo is a genus of woodlice from the Greater Antilles. All extant species live in Cuba, with one species also extending to the Bahamas:

  • Pseudarmadillo agramontino Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Camagüey Province
  • Pseudarmadillo assoi Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Cienfuegos Province
  • Pseudarmadillo auritus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Sancti Spíritus Province
  • Pseudarmadillo bidentatus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Guantánamo Province
  • Pseudarmadillo buscki Boone, 1934 – La Habana Province
  • Pseudarmadillo carinulatus Saussure, 1857 – Cuba and the Bahamas
  • Pseudarmadillo elegans Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Isla de la Juventud
  • Pseudarmadillo gillianus Richardson, 1902 – La Habana Province, Isla de la Juventud
  • Pseudarmadillo holguinensis Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Holguín Province
  • Pseudarmadillo hoplites (Boone, 1934) – Camagüey Province
  • Pseudarmadillo jaumei Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Guantánamo Province
  • Pseudarmadillo maiteae Juarrero de Varona & Armas, 2002 – Santiago de Cuba Province
  • Pseudarmadillo mitratus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Las Tunas Province
  • Pseudarmadillo nanus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Cienfuegos Province
  • Pseudarmadillo spinosus Armas & Juarrero de Varona, 1999 – Sancti Spíritus Province
  • Pseudarmadillo vansicklei Juarrero de Varona & Armas, 2003 – Santiago de Cuba Province
  • Two extinct species are also known from possibly Burdigalian age Dominican amber found on Hispaniola:

  • P. cristatus Schmalfuss, 1984
  • P. tuberculatus Schmalfuss, 1984
  • The genus is often considered a member of the Pseudarmadillidae, of which it is the only genus. It has also been placed, together with Cuzcodinella oryx in the family Delatorreidae, Delatorrea being a synonym of Pseudarmadillo.

    References

    Pseudarmadillo Wikipedia