Philosciid Woodlice
Lat. “Philosciidae“
family
of suborder
“Woodlice, Pillbugs, and Rock Slaters“
1 family, 2 species
Philosciidae are a family of woodlice (terrestrial isopod crustaceans). They occur almost everywhere on earth, with most species found in (sub)tropical America, Africa and Oceania, and only a few in the Holarctic.
Hierarchy
Genera
Philosciidae contains the following genera:
Abebaioscia Vandel, 1973 - Panniki Cave, Nullarbor Plain, South Australia (monotypic) Adeloscia Vandel, 1977 - New Zealand (monotypic) Alboscia Schultz, 1995 - Paraguay, southern Brazil (3 species) Anaphiloscia Racovitza, 1907 - Northwestern Mediterranean (2 species) Anchiphiloscia Stebbing, 1908 - Eastern Africa, Madagascar, Andaman Islands, Chagos Archipelago (18 species) Andenoniscus Verhoeff, 1951 - Peru, Panama (2 species) Andricophiloscia Vandel, 1973 - Eastern New Guinea (monotypic) Androdeloscia Leistikow, 1999 - Tropical America (17 species) Aphiloscia Budde-Lund, 1908 - Eastern, southern Africa, Madagascar, islands of western Indian Ocean (19 species) Aquitanoscia Broly, de Lourdes Serrano-Sánchez, Rodríguez-García & Vega, 2017 Araucoscia Verhoeff, 1939 - Chile: Calbuco Island (monotypic) Arcangeloscia Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978 - Cameroon, Congo, Malawi (7 species) Archaeoscia Vandel, 1973 - Cuba (monotypic) Arhina Budde-Lund, 1904 Ashtonia Vandel, 1974 - Australia (monotypic) Atlantoscia Ferrara & Taiti, 1981 - Ascension Island, Florida, Brazil, Argentina, St. Helena (2 species) Australophiloscia Green, 1990 - Australia, Hawaii, Tonga, Nomuka Iki Islands (3 species) Baconaoscia Vandel, 1981 - Cuba (monotypic) Barnardetia Xing & Chen, 2013 - formerly Perinetia Barnard, 1959 - Madagascar (monotypic) Barnardoscia Taiti & Ferrara, 1982 - South Africa (2 species) Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 - Brazil, Paraguay (15 species) Benthanoides Lemos de Castro, 1959 - Peru, Chile (3 species) Benthanops Barnard, 1932 - South Africa (monotypic) Benthanoscia Lemos de Castro, 1958 - Brazil (monotypic) Burmoniscus Collinge, 1914 - Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma, China, Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Cameroon, Sao Tomé, Mozambique, Somalia, Pacific islands (65 species) Caraiboscia Vandel, 1968 - Galapagos, Venezuela (2 species) Chaetophiloscia Verhoeff, 1908 - Mediterranean (9 to 20 species) Colombophiloscia Vandel, 1968 - Cuba (3 species) Congophiloscia Arcangeli, 1950 - Guinea Bissau, Cameroon, Angola, Annobon Island (4 species) Ctenoscia Verhoeff, 1928 - Western Mediterranean (2 species) Cubanophiloscia Vandel, 1973 - Cuba (monotypic) Dekanoscia Verhoeff, 1936 - India, cave (monotypic) Didima Budde-Lund, 1908 - Madagascar (monotypic) Ecuadoroniscus Vandel, 1968 - Ecuador (monotypic) Erophiloscia Vandel, 1972 - Colombia, Ecuador (4 species) Eurygastor Vandel, 1973 - Australia (2 species) Floridoscia Schultz and C. Johnson, 1984 - Southern Florida (monotypic) Formicascia Leistikow, 2001 - Guyana (monotypic) Gabunoscia Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978 - Gabun (monotypic) Halophiloscia Verhoff, 1908 - Mediterranean, Crimea, Bermuda, Canary Islands, USA, Argentina (6 or 7 species) Hawaiioscia Schultz, 1973 - Hawaii (monotypic) Heroldia Verhoeff, 1926 - New Caledonia (6 species) Hoctunus Mulaik, 1960 - Mexico (monotypic) Huntonia Vandel, 1973 - Australia (monotypic) Isabelloscia Vandel, 1973 - Salomon Archipelago (monotypic) Ischioscia Verhoeff, 1928 - South America (12 species) Javanoscia Schultz, 1985 - Java (monotypic) Jimenezia Vandel, 1973 - Cuba (monotypic) Laevophiloscia Wahrberg, 1922 - Western Australia (9 species) Leonardoscia Campos-Filho, Araujo & Taiti, 2014 - Brazil (monotypic) Leonoscia Ferrara & Schmalfuss, 1985 - Sierra Leone (monotypic) Lepidoniscus Verhoeff, 1908 - Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Northern Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Yugoslavia (4 species) Leptophiloscia Herold, 1931 Leucophiloscia Vandel, 1973 - New Guinea (monotypic) Littorophiloscia Hatch, 1947 Loboscia Schmidt, 1998 - Malaysia (monotypic) Metaprosekia Leistikow, 2000 - Venezuela (monotypic) Metriogaster Vandel, 1974 - Australia (monotypic) Microphiloscia Vandel, 1973 - Cuba (monotypic) Mirtana Leistikow, 1997 - Costa Rica (monotypic) Nahia Budde-Lund - South Africa (monotypic) Nataloniscus Ferrara & Taiti, 1985 - South Africa (monotypic) Natalscia Verhoeff, 1942 Nesoniscus Verhoeff, 1926 - New Caledonia (2 species) Nesophiloscia Vandel, 1968 - Galapagos (monotypic) Okeaninoscia Vandel, 1977 - Kermadec Archipelago (monotypic) Oniscomorphus Jackson, 1938 - Rapa Nui (monotypic) Oniscophiloscia Wahrberg, 1922 - Juan Fernández Islands and adjacent coast of Chile (4 species) Oreades Vandel, 1968 - Ecuador (monotypic) Oroscia Verhoeff, 1926 - New Caledonia (2 species) Oxalaniscus Leistikow, 2000 - Mexico (monotypic) Pacroscia Vandel, 1981 Palaioscia Vandel, 1973 - New Guinea (monotypic) Papuaphiloscia Vandel, 1970 - Bismarck Archipelago, China, Guadalcanal, Hawaii, New Guinea, Japan, New Zealand (1monotypic) Parachaetophiloscia Cruz & Dalens, 1990 - Spain (monotypic) Paractenoscia Taiti & Rossano, 2015 - Morocco (monotypic) Paraguascia Schultz, 1995 - Paraguay (monotypic) Parapacroscia Vandel, 1981 - Cuba (monotypic) Paraphiloscia Stebbing, 1900 - Solomon Islands, Samoa, New Guinea (9 species) Parischioscia Lemos de Castro, 1967 - Guiana (monotypic) Pentoniscus Richardson, 1913 - Costa Rica (4 species) Philoscia Latreille, 1804 - Europe, Mediterranean (ca. 10 species) Philoscina Ferrara & Taiti, 1985 - South Africa (3 species) Platyburmoniscus Schmidt, 2000 - Sri Lanka (monotypic) Platycytoniscus Herold, 1931 - Flores, Sri Lanka (2 species) Pleopodoscia Verhoeff, 1942 - East Africa (6 species) Plumasicola Vandel, 1981 - Cuba (monotypic) Plymophiloscia Wahrberg, 1922 - Australia, Tasmania (8 species) Portoricoscia Leistikow, 1999 - Puerto Rico (monotypic) Prosekia Vandel, 1968 - Venezuela (monotypic) Pseudophiloscia Budde-Lund, 1904 - Chile (3 species) Pseudosetaphora Ferrara & Taiti, 1986 - Seychelles (monotypic) Pseudotyphloscia Verhoeff, 1928 - Sulawesi, West Java, Taiwan (monotypic) Pulmoniscus Leistikow, 2001 - Brazil (2 species) Puteoscia Vandel, 1981 - Cuba (monotypic) Quintanoscia Leistikow, 2000 - Mexico (monotypic) Roraimoscia Leistikow, 2001 - Brazil (monotypic) Rostrophiloscia Arcangeli, 1932 - Dominica (monotypic) Sechelloscia Taiti & Ferrara, 1980 - Seychelles (monotypic) Serendibia Manicastri & Taiti, 1987 - Sri Lanka (monotypic) Setaphora Budde-Lund, 1908 Sinhaloscia Manicastri & Taiti, 1987 - Sri Lanka (monotypic) Stenophiloscia Verhoeff, 1908 - Dalmatia, Greece, Italy (6 species) Stenopleonoscia Herold, 1931 Stephenoscia Vandel, 1977 - New Zealand (monotypic) Sulesoscia Vandel, 1973 - Cuba (monotypic) Tenebrioscia Schultz, 1985 - Java (monotypic) Thomasoniscus Vandel, 1981 - Cuba (monotypic) Tiroloscia Verhoeff, 1926 - Italy, Spain (9 species) Togoscia Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978 - Togo (monotypic) Tongoscia Dalens, 1988 - Tonga (monotypic) Trichophiloscia Arcangeli, 1950 - Sardinia (monotypic) Troglophiloscia Brian, 1929 - Cuba, Mexico, Belize (3 species) Tropicana Manicastri & Taiti, 1987 - Hawaii, Sri Lanka, Comoro Islands, Cameroon (monotypic) Tropiscia Vandel, 1968 Uluguroscia Taiti & Ferrara, 1980 - Ecuador (monotypic) Vandelia Kammerer, 2006 (replacement name for Verhoeffiella Vandel, 1970) - New Caledonia (monotypic) Vandelophiloscia Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978 - Ivory Coast (monotypic) Verhoeffiella Vandel, 1970 Wahrbergia Verhoeff, 1926 - New Caledonia (monotypic) Xiphoniscus Vandel, 1968 - Ecuador (monotypic) Yaerikima Leistikow, 2001 - Guyana (monotypic) Zebrascia Verhoeff, 1942 - Ivory Coast, Bioko, Cameroon (2 species)
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