Addition of four woodlice species (Crustacea: Isopoda) to the checklist of Iranian Oniscidea

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Yaser Bakhshi
Saber Sadeghi
Hamid Darvishnia
Meysam Dashan

Abstract

Four new records of Oniscidea from Iran including Armadillidium azerbaidzhanum, A. nasatum, Platyarthrus schoeblii, and Armadillo alievi are provided.  Important diagnostic characters of the recorded species are photographed.

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Hamid Darvishnia, Department of Biology, Payame Noor University, 19395-3697, Tehran, Iran

Address: Payame Noor University, Nakhl Street, Lashkarak Highway, Tehran, Iran

Postal code: 1455643183

 

Meysam Dashan, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Address: Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Adabiat Crossroad, Shiraz, Iran

Postal code: 7146713565

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