Exalloniscus brincki Manicastri & Argano, 1986

Taiti, Stefano & Cardoso, Giovanna Monticelli, 2020, New species and records of Exalloniscus Stebbing, 1911 from southern Asia (Malacostraca, Isopoda, Oniscidea), Tropical Zoology 33 (4), pp. 125-158 : 129-130

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scientific name	Exalloniscus brincki Manicastri & Argano, 1986
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Treatment

Exalloniscus brincki Manicastri & Argano, 1986 View in CoL

Exalloniscus brincki Manicastri and Argano 1986: 40 View in CoL , figs 1-3; Dalens 1987: 47; Ferrara et al. 1988: 45; Taiti and Ferrara 1988: 354, figs 1, 12, 13; Schmalfuss 2003: 112.

Material examined

MALAYSIA: 2 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ ( MZUF), Pahang State, Genting Tea Estate , with termites, 19.XI.1987, leg. S. Taiti and L. Bartolozzi ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MZUF), same locality, 8-13.XI.1993, leg. S. Turillazzi ; 5 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀ ( MZUF), Kuala Lumpur, Templer Park , 13.XII.1987, leg. S. Taiti and L. Bartolozzi ; 1 ♂ ( MZUF), Perak, Kuala Woh , 10 km NE of Tapah, with termites, 18.IV.1999, leg. L.A. Ballerio.

Previous records

SRI LANKA: Yakkala, north-east of Colombo; Deerwood, Kuruwita, north-north-west of Ratnapura; Kegalla ( Manicastri and Argano 1986). MALAYSIA: Pahang State, Genting Tea Estate ( Taiti and Ferrara 1988).

Distribution Sri Lanka and West Malaysia.

RemarksExalloniscus brincki in Malaysia occurs in nests of the termite Macrotermes malaccensis ( Haviland, 1898) ( Taiti and Ferrara 1988) View in CoL . This is the only species in the genus living in association with termites.