Eluma tuberculata Cruz, 1991

Eusébio, Rita P., Taiti, Stefano & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2025, Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Mesovoid Shallow Substratum habitats of Portugal, Subterranean Biology 53, pp. 129-153 : 129-153

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.53.163632

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17295917

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scientific name

Eluma tuberculata Cruz, 1991
status

 

Eluma tuberculata Cruz, 1991 View in CoL

Fig. 6 I View Figure 6

Eluma tuberculata Cruz, 1991: 73, fig. 1 a – f; Schmalfuss 2003: 107; Reboleira et al. 2015: 49, figs 30, 31 (nec specimens from MSS near Gruta de Alcobertas, Estremenho Massif); Cifuentes and Da Silva 2023: 33, figs 1 C, 2 D-F, 4 H. View in CoL

Material examined.

Portugal – Sicó • 68 ♂♂, 114 ♀♀; 39°58'51.8"N, 8°33'13.1"W; 20.VII.2022; leg. R. P. Eusébio; MSS pitfall trap; MNHNC: MB 11: 001124 , 001125, 001132, 001146, 001162 GoogleMaps 5 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀; 20.VII.2022; same data as for preceding; MZUF 10035 View Materials GoogleMaps 39 ♂♂, 93 ♀♀, 13 juvs; 19.IX.2022; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001252 , 001253, 001260, 001261, 001266 GoogleMaps 10 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀; 19.IX.2022; same data as for preceding; MZUF 10036 View Materials GoogleMaps 27 ♂♂, 78 ♀♀, 14 juvs; 19.XII.2022; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001276 , 001279, 001281, 001286, 001289 GoogleMaps 23 ♂♂, 35 ♀♀; 20.III.2023; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001370 , 001375, 001377, 001378, 001384 GoogleMaps .

Distribution.

Endemic to Portugal.

Ecological notes.

This species can be found in caves and MSS habitats.

Seasonal patterns in Portuguese MSS habitats.

This species was only found in Sicó, during all seasons, and with a decrease in abundance from spring to winter (Fig. 7 I View Figure 7 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Isopoda

SubOrder

Oniscidea

Family

Armadillidiidae

Genus

Eluma

Loc

Eluma tuberculata Cruz, 1991

Eusébio, Rita P., Taiti, Stefano & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S. 2025
2025
Loc

Eluma tuberculata

Cifuentes J & Da Silva LP 2023: 33
Reboleira ASPS & Goncalves F & Oromí P & Taiti S 2015: 49
Schmalfuss H 2003: 107
Cruz A 1991: 73
1991