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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Marsupial Crustaceans (Peracarida) » Isopods (Isopoda) » Scutocoxifera » Woodlice (Oniscidea) » Holoverticata » Orthogonopoda » Crinocheta » Platyarthridae » Ant Woodlice (Platyarthrus) » Platyarthrus aiasensis
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A new species for the guide - Platyarthrus aiasensis - female
Copyright © 2017 Eric C. Maxwell

A new species for the guide - Platyarthrus aiasensis - Female
Orange County, California, USA
December 31, 2014
Size: ~2mm
This was one of my primary target species on an isopod hunting trip I took to California two years ago. I was ecstatic to find these! These are the smallest isopods I have ever seen. I'm not good at estimating, but I don't think this species gets larger than 3mm. They are dwarfed by the Argentinian ants with which these specimens were associated.
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Contributed by Eric C. Maxwell on 11 January, 2017 - 1:06am

Great find Eric!
Would like to look for some of our hidden native isopods this year along with snails and diplura. Is the location freely accessible?
… James Bailey, 7 April, 2017 - 10:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Beautiful species!
I would love to have those in my collection. Very nice fine.
… Anthony Linsalata , 5 February, 2018 - 5:45am login or register to post comments

 
Got it
… James Bailey, 17 January, 2018 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

Nice species!
Love the ridges going down it's back. :)
… Hisserdude, 7 February, 2017 - 2:39pm login or register to post comments

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