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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Trachelipodidae |
| Genus: | Trachelipus |
| Species: | T. rathkii
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| Binomial name | |
| Trachelipus rathkii (Brandt, 1833)
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Trachelipus rathkii, also known as Rathke's Woodlouse, is a species of woodlouse in the genus Trachelipus (family Trachelipodidae). It can be found across Europe, except in the Mediterranean Basin.[1] It has also been introduced to North America, where it can be found across most of the northern half of the United States and southern Canada.[2] They have been recorded as far west as Alberta.[3]
Rathke's woodlice grow to 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in) long.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) – revised and updated version" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A. 654: 341 pp.
- ^ "BugGuide".
- ^ Li, Weichun (2022-04-14). "Trachelipus rathkii (Brandt, 1833) in Alberta, the First Report of a Terrestrial Isopod from the Prairie Provinces, Canada (Isopoda: Oniscidea)". Western North American Naturalist. 82 (2). doi:10.3398/064.082.0205. ISSN 1527-0904.
- ^ "Trachelipus rathkii | British Myriapod and Isopod Group". bmig.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
External links
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