Trichoniscidae

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Kingdom Animalia Suborder Oniscidea Scientific name Trichoniscidae Rank Family		Subphylum Crustacea Section Synocheta Phylum Arthropoda Order Isopods
Superfamily TrichoniscoideaSars, 1899 Lower classifications Haplophthalmus, Trichoniscus pusillus, Metatrichoniscoides, Calconiscellus, Moserius percoi

Trichoniscidae are a family of isopods (woodlice), including the most abundant British woodlouse, Trichoniscus pusillus.

Most species of woodlice that have returned to an aquatic or amphibian way of life belong to this family. Several species from the following genera live in water and on land: Titanethes, Cyphonetes, Alpioniscus, Scotoniscus, Bureschia, Brackenridgia, Mexiconiscus, Trichoniscoides, Cretoniscellus, Balearonethes and Cyphoniscellus.

Genera

The family Trichoniscidae contains the following genera, including those previously treated as the separate family Buddelundiellidae:

Acteoniscus Vandel, 1955 – Greece

Acyphoniscus Frankenberger, 1941 – Bulgaria

Aegonethes Frankenberger, 1938 – islands off the shore of Croatia and Italy

Alistratia Andreev, 2004 – Greece

Alpioniscus Racovitza, 1908 – Europe

Amerigoniscus Vandel, 1950 – North America

Anatoliscus Verhoeff, 1949 – Turkey

Androniscus Verhoeff, 1908 – Europe

Balearonethes Dalens, 1977 – Majorca

Balkanoniscus Verhoeff, 1926 – Bulgaria

Banatoniscus Tabacaru, 1991 – Romania

Bergamoniscus Brian & Vandel, 1949 – Italy

Beroniscus Vandel, 1969 – Bulgaria, Sicily

Biharoniscus Tabacaru, 1963 – Romania

Borutzkyella Tabacaru, 1993 – Abkhazia

Brackenphiloscia Ortiz, Debras & Lalana, 1999 – Cuba

Brackenridgia Ulrich, 1902 – North America

Buddelundiella Silvestri, 1897 – Mediterranean, Europe

Bulgaronethes Vandel, 1967 – Bulgaria

Bureschia Verhoeff, 1926 – Burma

Calconiscellus Verhoeff, 1938 – Slovenia, Hungary, Austria, Greece

Cantabroniscus Vandel, 1965 – Spain

Carloniscus Verhoeff, 1936 – France, in caves

Castellanethes Brian, 1952 – Italy: Bari

Catalauniscus Vandel, 1953 – Spain: Tarragona

Caucasocyphonethes Borutzky, 1948 – Russia

Caucasonethes Verhoeff, 1932 – Georgia

Chasmatoniscus Strouhal, 1971 – Turkey

Colchidoniscus Borutzky, 1974 – Western Grusia

Cylindroniscus Arcangeli, 1929 – Cuba, Mexico

Cyphobrembana Verhoeff, 1931 – Italy

Cyphonethes Verhoeff, 1926 – Hercegovina

Cyphoniscellus Verhoeff, 1901 – Italy, Southeast Europe

Cyphopleon Frankenberger, 1940 – Dalmatia, cave

Cyphotendana Verhoeff, 1936 – Alps

Cyrnoniscus Vandel, 1953 – Corsica

Escualdoniscus Vandel, 1948 – France (unavailable name)

Finaloniscus Brian, 1951 – Italy, Corsica

Graeconiscus Stouhal, 1940 – Greece, Macedonia

Haplophthalmus Schöbl, 1860 – Mediterranean, introduced to Tasmania and North America (55 species)

Helenoniscus Legrand, 1943 – France

Hondoniscus Vandel, 1968 – Japan

Hyloniscus Verhoeff, 1908 – Europe, eastern North America, Japan

Iberoniscus Vandel, 1952 – Spain

Katascaphius Verhoeff, 1936 – Alps

Kosswigius Verhoeff, 1941 – Turkey, Greece

Lapilloniscus Brian, 1938 – Italy

Leucocyphoniscus Verhoeff, 1900 – Switzerland, Italy

Libanonethes Vandel, 1955 – Libanon

Macedonethes Buturović, 1955 – Macedonia

Metatrichoniscoides Vandel, 1943 – southern England, France, Germany, Sweden, Finland

Mexiconiscus Schultz, 1964 – Mexico

Microtitanethes Pljakic, 1977 – West Serbia

Miktoniscus Kesselyak, 1930 – United States, Great Britain, Madeira, Azores

Mingrelloniscus Borutzky, 1974 – Caucasus

Mladenoniscus Karaman, 2008 - Macedonia

Monocyphoniscus Strouhal, 1939 – Bulgaria

Moserius Strouhal, 1940 – near Trieste, Italy

Murgeoniscus Arcangeli, 1939 – Italy

Nesiotoniscus Racovitza, 1908 – southern France, Corsica, Capraia Island

Nippononethes Tabacaru, 1996 – Japan

Oregoniscus Hatch, 1947 – United States: Oregon

Oritoniscus Racovitza, 1908 – Pyrenees

Paracyphoniscus Brian, 1958 – Italy

Phymatoniscus Racovitza, 1908 – France (4 species)

Protonethes Absolon & Strouhal, 1932 – Yugoslavia

Psachonethes Borutzky, 1969 – Southwest Caucasus, north Iran (2 species)

Pseudobuddelundiella Borutzky, 1967 – Northern Caucasus

Rhodopioniscus Tabacaru, 1993 – Bulgaria (3 species)

Sanfilippia Brian, 1949 – Italy

Scotoniscus Racovitza, 1908 – Pyrenees, Sardinia (3 species)

Siciloniscus Caruso, 1982 – Sicily

Spelaeonethes Verhoeff, 1932 – Spain, Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Algeria (5 species)

Strouhaloniscellus Tabacaru, 1993 – south Bosnia

Tachysoniscus Verhoeff, 1930 – southeastern Alps

Tauronethes Borutzky, 1949 – Krimea

Thaumatoniscellus Tabacaru, 1973 – Romania

Titanethes Schiødte, 1849 – Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Hercegovina (3 species)

Trichonethes Strouhal, 1953 – Turkey (2 species)

Trichoniscoides Sars, 1898 – France, Spain, England, Germany, Denmark (40 species)

Trichoniscus Brandt, 1833 – Europe, North America (185 species)

Tricyphoniscus Verhoeff, 1936 – Bulgaria

Troglocyphoniscus Stouhal, 1939 – Yugoslavia (2 species)

Troglonethes Cruz, 1991 – Spain

Turkonethes Verhoeff, 1943 – Turkey (2 species)

Typhlotricholigioides Rioja, 1953 – Mexico

Vandeloniscellus Tabacaru, 1993 – Bulgaria

References

Trichoniscidae Wikipedia

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