Styloniscus spinosus (Patience, 1907)

Status

GB IUCN status: Not applicable (non-native)

ID Difficulty

4

Identification

This species has the same general appearance Styloniscus mauritiensis and as Cordioniscus stebbingi, but is slightly larger, reaching 5 mm in length.

Identification should be based on a male specimen.

Distribution and Habitat

It has been collected from inside heated glasshouses at Glasgow, Edinburgh and Kew Botanic Gardens.

In the wild it is known from Mauritius, Réunion, Madagascar and Hawaii.

Distribution

idBmigTaxa

74

BRC Code

Cru_1696