Hemilepistus schirasi

Hemilepistus schirasi
A Shirasi woodlouse on parched desert soil.
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H. schirasi
Binomial name
Hemilepistus schirasi
Lincoln, 1970 [1]

Hemilepistus schirasi is a species of woodlouse that lives in and around the deserts of central and southern Iran.[2] It can be distinguished from other species of Hemilepistus in Iran by the pattern of tubercles on the head. H. schirasi has six large tubercles in a semicircle, and rows of three tubercles extending to the outside corners of the head; other species have more tubercles, in different arrangements.[2]

  1. ^ R. J. Lincoln (1970). "A review of the species of Hemilepistus s. str. Budde-Lund, 1885 (Isopoda, Porcellionidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series. 20 (4): 111–130.
  2. ^ a b Ghasem M. Kashani, Alireza Sari & Shidokht Hosseinie (Ostavani) (2010). "Terrestrial isopods of the subgenus Hemilepistus (Hemilepistus) Budde-Lund, 1879 (Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Iran" (PDF extract). Zootaxa. 2549: 54–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2549.1.3.