Armadillo konstantinoui Campos-Filho, Dimitriou & Sfenthourakis sp. nov. - The new species is named after Giorgos Konstantinou who, with his wife Fani, has contributed significantly to our knowledge on Cyprus biodiversity, and gave us important guidance during field work.

 Αφιερώσεις στους George Konstantinou και Emmanouela Karameta που έχουν συνεισφέρει σημαντικά στη συλλογή ισοπόδων από την Κύπρο..

Accepted by T. Riehl: 28 Feb. 2023; published: 19 Apr. 2023

Abstract

The present work aims to morphologically characterize the species of Armadillo from Cyprus. Moreover, two new species of the genus are described, A. konstantinoui sp. nov. from several places along the island, and A. karametae sp. nov. from Pafos region. The circum-Mediterranean species A. officinalis is also redescribed.

Key words:

terrestrial isopods, cryptic species, endogean species, oceanic island, Mediterranean region

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