WoRMS taxon details
Miktoniscus medcofi Van Name, 1940
261275 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:261275)
accepted
Species
Miktoniscus alabamensis Muchmore, 1964 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Miktoniscus humus (Mulaik & Mulaik, 1942) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Miktoniscus ohioensis Muchmore, 1964 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trichoniscus humus Mulaik in Mulaik & Mulaik, 1942 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trichoniscus veracrucensis Mulaik, 1960 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
recent only
Van Name, W. G. (1940). A supplement to the American land and fresh-water isopod Crustacea. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 77(2): 109-142. [details]
Note Illinois, New York, Alabama, USA
type locality Illinois, New York, Alabama, USA [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2026). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Miktoniscus medcofi Van Name, 1940. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=261275 on 2026-05-10
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
Van Name, W. G. (1940). A supplement to the American land and fresh-water isopod Crustacea. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 77(2): 109-142. [details]
original description (of Miktoniscus ohioensis Muchmore, 1964) Muchmore, W. B. (1964). New terrestrial isopods of the genus <i>Miktoniscus</i> from eastern United States (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscoidea). <em>Ohio Journal of Science.</em> 64: 51-57. [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Trichoniscus humus Mulaik in Mulaik & Mulaik, 1942) Mulaik, S.; Mulaik, D. (1942). New species and records of American terrestrial isopods. <em>Bulletin of the University of Utah.</em> 32(6): 1-23. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Miktoniscus alabamensis Muchmore, 1964) Muchmore, W. B. (1964). New terrestrial isopods of the genus <i>Miktoniscus</i> from eastern United States (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscoidea). <em>Ohio Journal of Science.</em> 64: 51-57. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Trichoniscus veracrucensis Mulaik, 1960) Mulaik, S. B. (1960). Contribucion al conocimiento de los isopodos terrestres de Mexico (Isopoda, Oniscoidea). [Contribution to the knowledge of terrestrial isopods of Mexico (Isopoda, Oniscoidea).]. <em>Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural.</em> 21(1): 79-220, pls. 1-35. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
original description (of Miktoniscus ohioensis Muchmore, 1964) Muchmore, W. B. (1964). New terrestrial isopods of the genus <i>Miktoniscus</i> from eastern United States (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscoidea). <em>Ohio Journal of Science.</em> 64: 51-57. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Trichoniscus humus Mulaik in Mulaik & Mulaik, 1942) Mulaik, S.; Mulaik, D. (1942). New species and records of American terrestrial isopods. <em>Bulletin of the University of Utah.</em> 32(6): 1-23. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Miktoniscus alabamensis Muchmore, 1964) Muchmore, W. B. (1964). New terrestrial isopods of the genus <i>Miktoniscus</i> from eastern United States (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscoidea). <em>Ohio Journal of Science.</em> 64: 51-57. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Trichoniscus veracrucensis Mulaik, 1960) Mulaik, S. B. (1960). Contribucion al conocimiento de los isopodos terrestres de Mexico (Isopoda, Oniscoidea). [Contribution to the knowledge of terrestrial isopods of Mexico (Isopoda, Oniscoidea).]. <em>Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural.</em> 21(1): 79-220, pls. 1-35. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
Other
additional source
Schmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). <em>Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie).</em> 654: 1-341., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60882444 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Campos-Filho, I. S.; Araujo, P. B.; Bichuette, M. E.; Trajano, E.; Taiti, S. (2014). Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 172(2): 360-425., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12172 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Campos-Filho, I. S.; Araujo, P. B.; Bichuette, M. E.; Trajano, E.; Taiti, S. (2014). Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 172(2): 360-425., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12172 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
type locality Illinois, New York, Alabama, USA [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To NMNH Extant Collection (STA 2078610)
To NMNH Extant Collection (STA 2078610)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Trichoniscus humus Mulaik in Mulaik & Mulaik, 1942)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records) (from synonym Miktoniscus alabamensis Muchmore, 1964)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (16 records)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (STA 2078610)
To NMNH Extant Collection (STA 2078610)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Trichoniscus humus Mulaik in Mulaik & Mulaik, 1942)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records) (from synonym Miktoniscus alabamensis Muchmore, 1964)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (16 records)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
