original description(ofMetoponorthus barroisi Dollfus, 1889)Dollfus, A. (1889). Isopodes terrestres recueillis aux Açores en 1887, 1888 et 1889 par MM. Dr. Th. Barrois et Lieutenant Chaves. <em>Revue Biologique du Nord de la France.</em> 1(8): 306-308.[details]
original description(ofPorcellio (Acaeroplastes) areolatus Verhoeff, 1918)Verhoeff, K. W. (1918). Zur Kenntnis der Ligidien, Porcellioniden und Onisciden. 24. Isopoden-Aufsatz. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 82A(10): 108-169, pls. 1-2.[details]
original description(ofMetoponorthus (Acaeroplastes) argentarius Verhoeff, 1931)Verhoeff, K. W. (1931). Über Isopoden terrestria aus Italien. 45. Isopoden-Aufsatz. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere.</em> 60(5): 489-572, pls. 6-8.[details] Available for editors
original description(ofPorcellionides melanurus decioi Arcangeli, 1925)Arcangeli, A. (1925). Gli isopodi terrestri dell Sardegna. <em>Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R. Università di Torino, nuova serie.</em> 39(31): 1-75, pls. 4-5.[details] Available for editors
basis of recordSchotte, 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]
additional sourceSchmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). <em>Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie).</em> 654: 1-341., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60882444[details] Available for editors
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