Porcellionides cingendus ( Kinahan, 1857 )

Porcellionides cingendus ( Kinahan, 1857) View in CoL

Fig. 6 C View Figure 6

Porcellio cingendus Kinahan, 1857: 279, figs. 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9. View in CoL

Porcellio ( Porcellionides) lusitanorum Arcangeli, 1935 a: 21 View in CoL , figs 13–18.

Metoponorthus ( Lusitoniscus) cingendus Vandel, 1946: 274, figs 91–97; Schmölzer 1965: 195, figs 698–699; Schmölzer 1971: 33. View in CoL

Porcellionides cingendus Schmalfuss, 2003: 240; Gregory et al. 2012: 18; Reboleira et al. 2015; Cifuentes and Da Silva 2024: 4, figs 1, 2 A, 3 A, 4 A – D, 5, tab. 1. View in CoL

Material examined.

Portugal – Sicó • 54 ♂♂, 58 ♀♀, 2 juvs; 39°58'51.8"N, 8°33'13.1"W; 20.VII.2022; leg. R. P. Eusébio; MSS pitfall trap; MNHNC: MB 11: 001123 , 001127, 001128, 001129, 001134, 001143, 001147, 001166 GoogleMaps • 18 ♂♂, 38 ♀♀; 19.IX.2022; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001255 , 001257, 001258, 001259, 001262, 001263 GoogleMaps • 32 ♂♂, 31 ♀♀; 19.XII.2022; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001275 , 001278, 001282, 001284, 001288 GoogleMaps • 30 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀; 20.III.2023; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001372 , 001374, 001376, 001381, 001383 GoogleMaps . – Alcobertas • 6 ♂♂, 21 ♀♀; 39°25'46.5"N, 8°54'59.0"W; 21.VII.2022; leg. R. P. Eusébio; MSS pitfall trap; MNHNC: MB 11: 001188 , 001197, 001199, 001201 GoogleMaps • 13 ♂♂, 58 ♀♀; 20.IX.2022; same data as for precedings; MNHNC: MB 11: 001204 , 001211, 001215, 001217 GoogleMaps • 34 ♂♂, 46 ♀♀; 20.XII.2022; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001293 , 001297, 001299, 001303 GoogleMaps • 56 ♂♂, 23 ♀♀; 01.IV.2023; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001350 , 001352, 001353, 001358 GoogleMaps . – Montejunto • 32 ♂♂, 44 ♀♀; 39°10'11.4"N, 9°04'14.8"W; 23.VII.2022; leg. R. P. Eusébio; MSS pitfall trap; MNHNC: MB 11: 001161 , 001178, 001180, 001190 GoogleMaps • 3 ♂♂, 33 ♀♀; 21.IX.2022; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001220 , 001222, 001226, 001230 GoogleMaps • 55 ♂♂, 57 ♀♀, 2 juvs; 21.XII.2022; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001329 , 001338, 001339, 001346 GoogleMaps • over 500 specimens ( ♂ and ♀); 21.III.2023; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001387 , 001393, 001397, 001400, 001403 GoogleMaps . – Arrábida • 11 ♂♂, 17 ♀♀, 3 juvs; 38°28'59.2"N, 9°00'09.9"W; 21.VII.2022; leg. R. P. Eusébio; MSS pitfall trap; MNHNC: MB 11: 001136 , 001142, 001155, 001171, 001175 GoogleMaps • 18 ♂♂, 64 ♀♀, 46 juvs; 20.IX.2022; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001234 , 001236, 001242, 001246 GoogleMaps • over 200 specimens ( ♂ and ♀); 20.XII.2022; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001307 , 001315, 001320, 001325, 001332 GoogleMaps • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, 1 juv.; 22.III.2023; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001363 , 001368 GoogleMaps .

Distribution.

United Kingdom, France and Iberian Peninsula.

Ecological notes.

This epigean species can also occur in caves and MSS.

Seasonal patterns in Portuguese MSS habitats.

This species was found in four locations, Sicó, Alcobertas, Montejunto and Arrábida. Specimens were found during all seasons in the four locations. In Sicó there was a steady decrease in abundance from spring to winter, in Alcobertas there was an increase from spring to winter, in Montejunto abundance decreased from spring to summer and then increased until winter (Fig. 7 C View Figure 7 ). In Arrábida abundance increased steadily until fall and then decreased to exceptionally low numbers in winter (Fig. 7 C View Figure 7 ).