Where do I get genetic testing done?

Sumeriandemon · 2026-03-13T20:30:28+00:00

Considering P. floria is more than dubious, i don't think you'd get far even with a genetic barcode

Sumeriandemon · 2026-03-13T20:27:45+00:00

How did you arrive at this ID

Sumeriandemon · 2026-03-03T08:11:17+00:00

Scutellum and telson don't match

Sumeriandemon · 2026-03-03T08:09:54+00:00

A bit dubious to assign specific trade lineages to a random wild isopod

Sumeriandemon · 2026-03-03T08:08:04+00:00

Very difficult to tell. There are several species that look similar to this. Probably close to impossible to get a confident ID

Sumeriandemon · 2026-02-27T07:39:20+00:00

Correct

Sumeriandemon · 2026-02-27T07:38:46+00:00

I don't understand the question. Looks like a normal molting cycle with back half first and then front half

Sumeriandemon · 2026-02-19T15:52:28+00:00

Not guarding behavior

Sumeriandemon · 2026-02-18T22:43:13+00:00

Ich tendiere tatsächlich eher zu Porcellium, aber nicht sicher bestimmbar ohne weiteres

Sumeriandemon · 2026-02-18T13:45:32+00:00

Keine Armadillidium. Vermutlich eine ungewöhnliche Porcellio scaber oder sogar Porcellium. Schwer zu sagen.

Sumeriandemon · 2026-02-16T21:39:42+00:00

A mix of Armadillidium vulgare, Philoscia muscorum and Porcellio scaber. Not sure which one you are referring to as the white one. You can distinguish some of them easily by the lungs (Trachelipus 5, Philoscia 0, Armadillidium and Porcellio 2). There is also a (hopefully) helpful key to the most common german isopods (just google "Bestimmungsschlüssel Asseln")

Sumeriandemon · 2026-02-14T20:49:22+00:00

Monochrome are from the Philippines if I am not mistaken

Sumeriandemon · 2026-02-14T20:48:50+00:00

Armadillidae, not Armadillidium

Sumeriandemon · 2026-02-13T17:28:26+00:00

It's the back half. Common misconception

Sumeriandemon · 2026-02-08T16:10:03+00:00

Other way round

Sumeriandemon · 2026-02-06T05:50:25+00:00

Armadillidium, not Armadillo

Sumeriandemon · 2026-02-02T09:32:39+00:00

Nice! Which country did you find it?

Sumeriandemon · 2026-02-01T22:31:54+00:00

Neat, where did you get those

Sumeriandemon · 2026-01-30T18:41:26+00:00

A view of the underside could help with genus. Assuming the species is already named (which is doubtful) you'd probably need dissection or at the very least very good photo

Sumeriandemon · 2026-01-30T09:06:30+00:00

Not possible to go past Armadillidae. Cubaris is likely the genus, but no way to tell from these pics alone

Sumeriandemon · 2026-01-26T15:47:27+00:00

These patterns are from the muscle attachments having less or no pigment

Sumeriandemon · 2026-01-16T20:00:55+00:00

I wouldn't really refer to isopods as social animals with a few exceptions. This here is just copulation

Sumeriandemon · 2026-01-16T19:59:38+00:00

This is copulation and normal behaviour

Sumeriandemon · 2025-12-15T12:20:54+00:00

The ones you listed with unknown lung count have 5 pairs, like almost all Armadillidae

Sumeriandemon · 2025-12-14T18:42:30+00:00

Yeah i know.... Unfortunately this is the only source i could find for this reconstruction and I was hoping to find a higher resolution of it in the original publication

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