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Common Striped Woodlouse Lat. “Philoscia muscorum“
species of family “Philosciid Woodlice“
1 species

Philoscia muscorum, the common striped woodlouse or fast woodlouse, is a common European woodlouse. It is widespread in Europe, the British Isles and is found from southern Scandinavia to the Ukraine and Greece. It has also spread to Washington and many states in New England, also the mid-Atlantic states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as Nova Scotia.

Description

P. muscorum may reach 11 millimetres (0.43 in) in length, with a shiny body which is mottled and greyish-brown in colour. The fast woodlouse is, as its name suggests, faster than other common species; its body is raised up off the ground rather more than the others and the head is always very dark in colour.

Classification

Twelve subspecies are recognised:

Color variation

P. muscorum has variable coloration. While most commonly brown or grey, it may also be yellow, red, or orange.

See also

List of woodlice of the British Isles

== References ==

Common Striped Woodlouse – No. 1 Common Striped Woodlouse – No. 2

Ancestry Graph

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Further Information

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