Abstract
This paper reports the inheritance of color morphs in two terrestrial isopods, Armadillidium nasatum and Porcellionides virgatus. Six and three pure breeding color morphs have been developed in the isopods, A. nasatum and P. virgatus, respectively. In the former species, pigmented morphs involve body and eye colors and the albino morph lacks body pigments but possesses normal eyes. The morphs have been explained by way of three loci each with two alleles. The latter species exists in two body pigment morphs and an albino form essentially lacking all pigments. Two loci are involved. The homologous nature of gene loci in terrestrial isopods is reviewed and areas of evolutionary genetics are identified where these markers may be employed.Key words: isopod color morphs, homologous loci.
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