Slater Buddelundia FP-2668 (BWI sp. 1)
Discoverer: S. Judd (2013)

Fauna Portal species: 2668
Family: Armadillidae


FP-2668 (BWI sp. 1)

Buddelundia FP-2668 (BWI sp. 1), lateral (WAM C51764)

Image: Judd & Perina (2013; fig. 27)

Fauna Portal Image No. 1835

Diagnosis

(after Judd & Perina 2013): This is an undescribed species characterised by: frontal shield not divided into upper and lower sections by a transverse groove; interlocking lobate structures present on the ventral surface of the epimera of pereonites 5–7 and pleonite 3; posterior margin of the first epimera straight (not angled backwards) and outer lobe of the schisma truncate making the inner lobe clearly visible and much longer than the outer lobe in lateral view; dorsal surface covered with short setae; the animal has a glossy brown appearance with cream-coloured telson and uropods.

Fauna Portal Reference

1 ♂
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Western Australian Museum
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C51745
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06.05.06
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Australia
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Western Australia
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Barrow Island, Curtin N13 (2006)
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invertebrate pitfall trap

Australia

  • Western Australia

Publications

Judd S. & Perina G. (2013): An illustrated key to the morphospecies of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Oniscidea) of Barrow Island, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement. 83: 185 - 207


Volker Framenau, 17 August 2022