Polybius dioscurus Garcia-Raso, d'Udekem d'Acoz, Moukrim, Schubart & Cuesta 2024
Polybius dioscurus García-Raso, d’Udekem d’Acoz, Moukrim, Schubart & Cuesta, 2024 Fig. 58 Material examined MOROCCO − Larache • 2 ♂♂ (16.3×13.2, 11.8 ×10.1); 1955; MNCN20.04/20971. WESTERN SAHARA − La Agüera • 3 ♂ ♂ (20.4 ×16.6, 25.5 ×20.8, 21.2 ×17.6), 1 ♀ (15.9 ×12); Sep. 1993; MNCN20.04/04478. Remarks Polybius dioscurus is a pseudocryptic species described in 2024. It is close to P. vernalis (Risso, 1827), P. holsatus (Fabricius, 1798) and P. marmoreus (Leach, 1814). This work confirms the presence of this species in Morocco as early as 1955, and in Western Sahara as 1993. For identification, see also García-Raso et al. (2024).
Institutions
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (ES)
- Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-06-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15633617
- Primary Topic
- Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00