Porcellionides pruinosus - ID help
A few characters to look for in Porcellionides pruinosus:
0. General appearance: Smooth, cuticle often brownish to dark gray but waxy coating causing a blueish-gray shine
1. Hind corners of 1st pereonite very evenly/bluntly rounded
2. Sculpture of head feeble with only slightly produced lobe under the eyes
3. Antennal segment apically white, giving the antenna an annullated appearance
4. Outline of body clearly disrupted where the narrower pleon (hind body) begins
5. Telson with angulated margins and sharp tip
6. Hind corners of pereonites and pleonites may or may not carry an orange tip
''Porcellionides pruinosus'' is a cosmopolitan woodlouse that is native to Europe, and is suspected to consist of very closely related species. Ten subspecies are recognised. The species carries ''Wolbachia'' endosymbionts, which is an alpha-proteobacterium that is known to modify the reproduction of their crustacean hosts by inducing cytoplasmic incompatibility or feminisation.
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