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MIKTONISCUS SPINOSUS (SAY, 1818) NOV. COMB. FOR MIKTONISCUS HALOPHILUS BLAKE, 1931, AND PHILOSCIA SPINOSA SAY, 1818, FROM EASTERN UNITED STATES (ISOPODA, ONISCIDEA, TRICHONISCIDAE)

MIKTONISCUS SPINOSUS (SAY, 1818) NOV. COMB. FOR MIKTONISCUS HALOPHILUS BLAKE, 1931, AND PHILOSCIA... MIKTONISCUS SPINOSUS (SAY, 1818) NOV. COMB. FOR MIKTONISCUS HALOPHILUS BLAKE, 1931, AND PHILOSCIA SPINOSA SAY, 1818, FROM EASTERN UNITED STATES (ISOPODA, ONISCIDEA, TRICHONISCIDAE) BY GEORGE A. SCHULTZ 1 / 15 Smith St., Hampton, NJ 08827, U.S.A. Thomas Say in 1818 published the description of a species which he called Philoscia spinosa from near Savannah, Georgia, then a small town in an unde- veloped region near the sea. The species, as described by Say, deŽ nitely is not in Philoscia nor in Philosciidae, although at the time of Say, Philoscia was a very broadly deŽ ned genus. The species has not been encountered again and the name only has been included in lists of species of oniscideans from the Americas (Richardson, 1905: 608; Van Name, 1936: 167; Jass & Klausmeier, 2000: 786). According to Say the specimens were deposited in the “Cabinet of the Academy” (i.e., The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia) but they no longer are there. Also, Say deposited a representative set of species of crustaceans which he de- scribed from the United States in the British Museum (Natural History) (now The Natural History Museum, London), but specimens labeled “ Philoscia spinosa ” are not there today (Joan http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crustaceana Brill

MIKTONISCUS SPINOSUS (SAY, 1818) NOV. COMB. FOR MIKTONISCUS HALOPHILUS BLAKE, 1931, AND PHILOSCIA SPINOSA SAY, 1818, FROM EASTERN UNITED STATES (ISOPODA, ONISCIDEA, TRICHONISCIDAE)

Crustaceana , Volume 74 (11): 3 – Jan 1, 2001

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MIKTONISCUS SPINOSUS (SAY, 1818) NOV. COMB. FOR MIKTONISCUS HALOPHILUS BLAKE, 1931, AND PHILOSCIA SPINOSA SAY, 1818, FROM EASTERN UNITED STATES (ISOPODA, ONISCIDEA, TRICHONISCIDAE) BY GEORGE A. SCHULTZ 1 / 15 Smith St., Hampton, NJ 08827, U.S.A. Thomas Say in 1818 published the description of a species which he called Philoscia spinosa from near Savannah, Georgia, then a small town in an unde- veloped region near the sea. The species, as described by Say, deŽ nitely is not in Philoscia nor in Philosciidae, although at the time of Say, Philoscia was a very broadly deŽ ned genus. The species has not been encountered again and the name only has been included in lists of species of oniscideans from the Americas (Richardson, 1905: 608; Van Name, 1936: 167; Jass & Klausmeier, 2000: 786). According to Say the specimens were deposited in the “Cabinet of the Academy” (i.e., The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia) but they no longer are there. Also, Say deposited a representative set of species of crustaceans which he de- scribed from the United States in the British Museum (Natural History) (now The Natural History Museum, London), but specimens labeled “ Philoscia spinosa ” are not there today (Joan

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