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Photo#378216
woodlouse - Hyloniscus riparius

woodlouse - Hyloniscus riparius
Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
March 19, 2010

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Moved
Moved from Woodlice.
Thanks Arp. Now we have a picture of Hyloniscus riparius!

Trichoniscidae
Hi Tom,

Very probably Hyloniscus, most likely Hyloniscus riparius. If any chance, check to see if the eye is made up of one ocellus or three. Looks like one to me, but not enough detail. Colour also good for Hyloniscus riparius.

Size?

Cheers, Arp

 
Close up added
Hopefully you can make out they eye good enough. I didn''t get a chance to measure it, but it was fairly small. I'd guess at around 4mm.

 
Hyloniscus riparius
Hi Tom,

Thanks for the extra image. To me that's clear enough ;o) If at all interested, you may compare here.

I'm having a bit of déjà vu here, so please refer to the comments with image 371410 for arguments & disclaimer on the ID.

Cheers! Arp

P.S. The 4mm would indeed have been in the range that would have allowed for Trichoniscus and/or Cordioniscus to be candidates, but the eye rules those out. At 4mm this is either a male or a younger female, my money is on the the former. Full grown females reach up to 6-7mm which also makes them separable from the species mentioned (at 3-5mm max)

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