Terrestrial isopods of Texas?

[Fishkeeper]

What terrestrial isopods has everyone found in the general Central Texas area? I've found Armadillidium vulgare (of course) and a Porcellionides species. I've also had a look around on the nature observations app INaturalist, and there's a scattering of sightings of Porcellio laevis, especially in Corpus Christi. Must remember to keep an eye out for them if/when I go down there next.

 

[The Mantis Menagerie]

If you have already checked iNaturalist, then I do not have any suggestions for you. I am surprised that iNaturalist did not list more species as I usually think of Texas as arthropod paradise.

 

[Fishkeeper]

I'm sure it did, but if I search "isopod", I get an overwhelming number of results that are mostly A. vulgare. I'm not sure how to filter it down.
Can anyone link me to a list of isopod genuses? I figure I can search each genus individually. I just don't know very many genuses to search.

 

[pannaking22]

I'm in south Texas but I've found A. vulgare, Porcellio sp., and Porcellionides sp. Haven't really found much else, but I also haven't been looking too hard.

 

[The Mantis Menagerie]

I'm sure it did, but if I search "isopod", I get an overwhelming number of results that are mostly A. vulgare. I'm not sure how to filter it down.
Can anyone link me to a list of isopod genuses? I figure I can search each genus individually. I just don't know very many genuses to search.

You can modify the search on iNaturalist. If you set the location to Texas, search "Isopoda", and click the species tab, then you get a list of all the isopods that have been observed in Texas. I already set the search parameters for you in this link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=18&taxon_id=48147&view=species.

 

[Fishkeeper]

Oh, cool, I didn't know the site had that feature! I've just been using the app on my phone. Thanks!

Wow, someone found an A. maculatum! If I found one of those, I'd spend the next 3 hours upturning every rock, log, and bit of leaf litter in the area until I found enough for a breeding colony. I wonder how it got here? The only other observations for them seem to be in France. Maybe a potted plant. I suppose it could be an escape from someone's pet colony, but I'm guessing a potted plant is more likely.

Ew, and some parasitic isopods. Don't think I want a culture of tongue lice. Nasty little things.

 

[The Mantis Menagerie]

The app has many drawbacks.
I know the A. maculatum observation you are talking about, and I think it is misidentified. If you click the words that tell you how many observations of a species are in that area, then it will list them all.

 

[Fishkeeper]

Oh, that is a misidentification. I had thought that clicking on the listing of "A. maculatum, 1 observation" would take me to that specific observation. The picture you see if you click that listing is definitely A. maculatum, the one in the observation isn't. Vulgare, maybe?
I gotta learn how to navigate the site better. I keep forgetting there is a site and not just an app.

 

[The Mantis Menagerie]

The site is a much more powerful tool than the app.