Armadillo officinalis Dumeril 1816

Armadillo officinalis Duméril, 1816 Fig. 6 L Armadillo officinalis Duméril, 1816: 117; Budde-Lund 1885: 16; Preudhomme de Borre 1886: 112; Dollfus 1896 a: 357; Dollfus 1896 b: 527; Arcangeli 1935 a: 2; Vandel 1946: 371. Cubaris globator; Eaton 1882: 361. Cubaris officinalis; Jackson 1926: 184. Material examined. Portugal – Arrábida • 28 ♂♂, 63 ♀♀; 38°28'59.2"N, 9°00'09.9"W; 21.VII.2022; leg. R. P. Eusébio; MSS pitfall trap; MNHNC: MB 11: 001139, 001153, 001156, 001168 • over 1000 individuals (♂ and ♀); 20.IX.2022; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001232, 001239, 001241, 001244 • 84 ♂♂, 140 ♀♀, 2 juvs; 20.XII.2022; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001305, 001309, 001312, 001318, 001321, 001331, 001334 • 1 ♀; 22.III.2023; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001362. Distribution. Widely distributed in the Mediterranean and Black Sea area. Ecological notes. This epigean species can also be found in MSS. Seasonal patterns in Portuguese MSS habitats. This species was only found in Arrábida, during all seasons, and abundance increasing from spring to summer where it reaches its peak, then decreasing in fall (Fig. 7 L).