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