| dc.description.abstract | The investigation of recently collected material of terrestrial isopods from Crete yielded 7 species new to science (Graeconiscus guanophilus n. sp., Graeconiscus kournasensis n. sp., Tra- chelipus cavaticus n. sp., Armadillidium lymberakisi n. sp., Platanosphaera kournasensis n. sp., Schizidium delmastroi n. sp., Trichodillidium mylonasi n. sp.). Further 7 species are recorded for the first time from the Cretan Archipelago (Armadilloniscus ellipticus, Rodoniscus anoph- thalmus, Philoscia univittata, Platyarthrus beieri, Platyarthrus lindbergi, Agabiformius ob- tusus, Proporcellio quadriseriatus). New synonyms: Cretoniscellus Vandel, 1958 = Graeconis- cus Strouhal, 1940, n. syn.; Minoscellus Vandel, 1958 = Graeconiscus Strouhal, 1940, n. syn.; Calconiscellus aegaeus Schmalfuss, 1972 = Graeconiscus thermophilus (Çag ˘lar, 1948), n. syn. Altogether 55 species are now known from Crete and its surrounding islands. The new species are described and figured, for most of the other species newly collected material is reported. For a number of species figures of the diagnostic characters are given, taxonomic questions are discussed and distribution maps are added. The distribution of all species on the Cretan Archipelago is summarised in a table. A key helps to identify the species known from Crete. Ecology and biogeography of the Cretan isopod fauna are discussed. Keywords: Isopoda, Oniscidea, Greece, Crete, new species, new records, key, biogeogra- phy. | en |
