''Trichorhina mulaiki'' is a
species of
woodlouse in the family
Platyarthridae
Platyarthridae is a family of woodlice, containing the following genera:
*'' Cephaloniscus'' Ferrara & Taiti, 1989
*'' Echinochaetus'' Ferrara & Schmalfuss, 1983
*'' Gerufa'' Budde-Lund, 1909
*'' Lanceochaetus'' Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978
*'' Man ...
.
Distribution
''Trichorhina mulaiki'' was found near
Chilapa de Álvarez
Chilapa de Álvarez, informally known as Chilapa, is a town located in the Chilapa de Álvarez Municipality under the Mexican state of Guerrero. The town is located approximately 54 kilometers east of the state capital Chilpancingo. Chilapa's fir ...
,
Guerrero,
Mexico, where it lives in
humus
In classical soil science, humus is the dark organic matter in soil that is formed by the decomposition of plant and animal matter. It is a kind of soil organic matter. It is rich in nutrients and retains moisture in the soil. Humus is the Lati ...
in
montane forests.
Taxonomic history
The species was first described by
Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff
Karl (or Carl) Wilhelm Verhoeff (25 November 1867 – 6 December 1944) was a German myriapodology, myriapodologist and entomology, entomologist, specialising in myriapods (millipedes, centipedes, and related species) as well as woodlouse, woodlice ...
in 1933, as ''Mexicostylus squamatus''. ''M. squamatus'' was the only species in the genus ''Mexicostylus'', but that genus was later
synonymised with the genus ''
Trichorhina
''Trichorhina'' is a genus of woodlice in the family Platyarthridae
Platyarthridae is a family of woodlice, containing the following genera:
*'' Cephaloniscus'' Ferrara & Taiti, 1989
*'' Echinochaetus'' Ferrara & Schmalfuss, 1983
*'' Gerufa' ...
''. Since that genus already contained a species ''T. squamata'', a new name had to be provided, and so the species became ''Trichorhina mulaiki''.
References
Woodlice
Endemic crustaceans of Mexico
Crustaceans described in 2003
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