Philosciidae

Philosciidae
	Philoscia muscorum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Superorder:	Peracarida
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Oniscidea
Superfamily:	Oniscoidea
Family:	Philosciidae; Kinahan, 1857
Genera
	See text

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.

Genera[edit]

This is a list of 123 genera in the family Philosciidae, updated 2018.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Abebaioscia Vandel, 1973^{i c g} - Panniki Cave, Nullarbor Plain, South Australia (1 species)
Adeloscia Vandel, 1977^{i c g} - New Zealand (1 species)
Alboscia Schultz, 1995^{i c g} - Paraguay, southern Brazil (3 species)
Anaphiloscia Racovitza, 1907^{i c g} - Northwestern Mediterranean (2 species)
Anchiphiloscia Stebbing, 1908^{i c g} - Eastern Africa, Madagascar, Andaman Islands, Chagos Archipelago (18 species)
Andenoniscus Verhoeff, 1951^{i c g} - Peru, Panama (2 species)
Andricophiloscia Vandel, 1973^{i c g} - Eastern New Guinea (1 species)
Androdeloscia Leistikow, 1999^{i c g} - Tropical America (17 species)
Aphiloscia Budde-Lund, 1908^{i c g} - Eastern, southern Africa, Madagascar, islands of western Indian Ocean (19 species)
Aquitanoscia Broly, de Lourdes Serrano-Sánchez, Rodríguez-García & Vega, 2017^g
Araucoscia Verhoeff, 1939ⁱ - Chile: Calbuco Island (1 species)
Arcangeloscia Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978^{i c g} - Cameroon, Congo, Malawi (7 species)
Archaeoscia Vandel, 1973^{i c g} - Cuba (1 species)
Arhina Budde-Lund, 1904^{i c g}
Ashtonia Vandel, 1974^{i c g} - Australia (1 species)
Atlantoscia Ferrara & Taiti, 1981^{i c g b} - Ascension Island, Florida, Brazil, Argentina, St. Helena (2 species)
Australophiloscia Green, 1990^{i c g} - Australia, Hawaii, Tonga, Nomuka Iki Islands (3 species)
Baconaoscia Vandel, 1981^{i c g} - Cuba (1 species)
Barnardetia Xing & Chen, 2013 - formerly Perinetia Barnard, 1959^{c g} - Madagascar (1 species)
Barnardoscia Taiti & Ferrara, 1982^{i c g} - South Africa (2 species)
Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908^{i c g} - Brazil, Paraguay (15 species)
Benthanoides Lemos de Castro, 1959^{i c g} - Peru, Chile (3 species)
Benthanops Barnard, 1932^{i c g} - South Africa (1 species)
Benthanoscia Lemos de Castro, 1958ⁱ - Brazil (1 species)
Burmoniscus Collinge, 1914^{i c g} - Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma, China, Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Cameroon, Sao Tomé, Mozambique, Somalia, Pacific islands (65 species)
Caraiboscia Vandel, 1968^{i c g} - Galapagos, Venezuela (2 species)
Chaetophiloscia Verhoeff, 1908^{i c g} - Mediterranean (9 to 20 species)
Colombophiloscia Vandel, 1968^{i c g} - Cuba (3 species)
Congophiloscia Arcangeli, 1950^{i c g} - Guinea Bissau, Cameroon, Angola, Annobon Island (4 species)
Ctenoscia Verhoeff, 1928^{i c g} - Western Mediterranean (2 species)
Cubanophiloscia Vandel, 1973^{i c g} - Cuba (1 species)
Dekanoscia Verhoeff, 1936^{i c g} - India, cave (1 species)
Didima Budde-Lund, 1908^{i c g} - Madagascar (1 species)
Ecuadoroniscus Vandel, 1968^{i c g} - Ecuador (1 species)
Erophiloscia Vandel, 1972^{i c g} - Colombia, Ecuador (4 species)
Eurygastor Vandel, 1973^{i c g} - Australia (2 species)
Floridoscia Schultz and C. Johnson, 1984^{i c g} - Southern Florida (1 species)
Formicascia Leistikow, 2001^{c g} - Guyana (1 species)
Gabunoscia Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978^{i c g} - Gabun (1 species)
Halophiloscia Verhoff, 1908 - Mediterranean, Crimea, Bermuda, Canary Islands, USA, Argentina (6 or 7 species)
Hawaiioscia Schultz, 1973^{i c g} - Hawaii (1 species)
Heroldia Verhoeff, 1926^{i c g} - New Caledonia (6 species)
Hoctunus Mulaik, 1960^{i c g} - Mexico (1 species)
Huntonia Vandel, 1973^{i c g} - Australia (1 species)
Isabelloscia Vandel, 1973^{i c g} - Salomon Archipelago (1 species)
Ischioscia Verhoeff, 1928^{i c g} - South America (12 species)
Javanoscia Schultz, 1985^{i c g} - Java (1 species)
Jimenezia Vandel, 1973^{i c g} - Cuba (1 species)
Laevophiloscia Wahrberg, 1922^{i c g} - Western Australia (9 species)
Leonardoscia Campos-Filho, Araujo & Taiti, 2014^{c g} - Brazil (1 species)
Leonoscia Ferrara & Schmalfuss, 1985^{i c g} - Sierra Leone (1 species)
Lepidoniscus Verhoeff, 1908^{i c g} - Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Northern Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Yugoslavia (4 species)
Leptophiloscia Herold, 1931^{i c g}
Leucophiloscia Vandel, 1973^{i c g} - New Guinea (1 species)
Littorophiloscia Hatch, 1947^{i c g b}
Loboscia Schmidt, 1998^{i c g} - Malaysia (1 species)
Metaprosekia Leistikow, 2000^{c g} - Venezuela (1 species)
Metriogaster Vandel, 1974^{i c g} - Australia (1 species)
Microphiloscia Vandel, 1973^{i c g} - Cuba (1 species)
Mirtana Leistikow, 1997^{i c g} - Costa Rica (1 species)
Nahia Budde-Lund^{i c g} - South Africa (1 species)
Nataloniscus Ferrara & Taiti, 1985^{i c g} - South Africa (1 species)
Natalscia Verhoeff, 1942^{i c g}
Nesoniscus Verhoeff, 1926^{i c g} - New Caledonia (2 species)
Nesophiloscia Vandel, 1968^{i c g} - Galapagos (1 species)
Okeaninoscia Vandel, 1977^{i c g} - Kermadec Archipelago (1 species)
Oniscomorphus Jackson, 1938 - Rapa Nui (1 species)
Oniscophiloscia Wahrberg, 1922^{i c g} - Juan Fernández Islands and adjacent coast of Chile (4 species)
Oreades Vandel, 1968^{i c g} - Ecuador (1 species)
Oroscia Verhoeff, 1926^{i c g} - New Caledonia (2 species)
Oxalaniscus Leistikow, 2000^{c g} - Mexico (1 species)
Pacroscia Vandel, 1981^{i c g}
Palaioscia Vandel, 1973^{i c g} - New Guinea (1 species)
Papuaphiloscia Vandel, 1970^{i c g} - Bismarck Archipelago, China, Guadalcanal, Hawaii, New Guinea, Japan, New Zealand (11 species)
Parachaetophiloscia Cruz & Dalens, 1990^{i c g} - Spain (1 species)
Paractenoscia Taiti & Rossano, 2015^{c g} - Morocco (1 species)
Paraguascia Schultz, 1995^{i c g} - Paraguay (1 species)
Parapacroscia Vandel, 1981^{i c g} - Cuba (1 species)
Paraphiloscia Stebbing, 1900^{i c g} - Solomon Islands, Samoa, New Guinea (9 species)
Parischioscia Lemos de Castro, 1967^{i c g} - Guiana (1 species)
Pentoniscus Richardson, 1913^{i c g} - Costa Rica (4 species)
Philoscia Latreille, 1804^{i c g b} - Europe, Mediterranean (ca. 10 species)
Philoscina Ferrara & Taiti, 1985^{i c g} - South Africa (3 species)
Platyburmoniscus Schmidt, 2000 - Sri Lanka (1 species)
Platycytoniscus Herold, 1931^{i c g} - Flores, Sri Lanka (2 species)
Pleopodoscia Verhoeff, 1942^{i c g} - East Africa (6 species)
Plumasicola Vandel, 1981^{i c g} - Cuba (1 species)
Plymophiloscia Wahrberg, 1922^{i c g} - Australia, Tasmania (8 species)
Portoricoscia Leistikow, 1999^{i c g} - Puerto Rico (1 species)
Prosekia Vandel, 1968^{i c g} - Venezuela (1 species)
Pseudophiloscia Budde-Lund, 1904^{i c g} - Chile (3 species)
Pseudosetaphora Ferrara & Taiti, 1986^{i c g} - Seychelles (1 species)
Pseudotyphloscia Verhoeff, 1928^{i c g} - Sulawesi, West Java, Taiwan (1 species)
Pulmoniscus Leistikow, 2001^{c g} - Brazil (2 species)
Puteoscia Vandel, 1981^{i c g} - Cuba (1 species)
Quintanoscia Leistikow, 2000^{c g} - Mexico (1 species)
Roraimoscia Leistikow, 2001^{c g} - Brazil (1 species)
Rostrophiloscia Arcangeli, 1932^{i c g} - Dominica (1 species)
Sechelloscia Taiti & Ferrara, 1980^{i c g} - Seychelles (1 species)
Serendibia Manicastri & Taiti, 1987^{i c g} - Sri Lanka (1 species)
Setaphora Budde-Lund, 1908ⁱ
Sinhaloscia Manicastri & Taiti, 1987^{i c g} - Sri Lanka (1 species)
Stenophiloscia Verhoeff, 1908 - Dalmatia, Greece, Italy (6 species)
Stenopleonoscia Herold, 1931^{i c g}
Stephenoscia Vandel, 1977^{i c g} - New Zealand (1 species)
Sulesoscia Vandel, 1973^{i c g} - Cuba (1 species)
Tenebrioscia Schultz, 1985^{i c g} - Java (1 species)
Thomasoniscus Vandel, 1981^{i c g} - Cuba (1 species)
Tiroloscia Verhoeff, 1926^{i c g} - Italy, Spain (9 species)
Togoscia Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978^{i c g} - Togo (1 species)
Tongoscia Dalens, 1988^{i c g} - Tonga (1 species)
Trichophiloscia Arcangeli, 1950^{i c g} - Sardinia (1 species)
Troglophiloscia Brian, 1929^{i c g} - Cuba, Mexico, Belize (3 species)
Tropicana Manicastri & Taiti, 1987^{i c g} - Hawaii, Sri Lanka, Comoro Islands, Cameroon (1 species)
Tropiscia Vandel, 1968^{i c g}
Uluguroscia Taiti & Ferrara, 1980^{i c g} - Ecuador (1 species)
Vandelia Kammerer, 2006^{c g} (replacement name for Verhoeffiella Vandel, 1970)^[7] - New Caledonia (1 species)
Vandelophiloscia Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978^{i c g} - Ivory Coast (1 species)
Verhoeffiella Vandel, 1970^{i g}
Wahrbergia Verhoeff, 1926^{i c g} - New Caledonia (1 species)
Xiphoniscus Vandel, 1968^{i c g} - Ecuador (1 species)
Yaerikima Leistikow, 2001^{c g} - Guyana (1 species)
Zebrascia Verhoeff, 1942^{i c g} - Ivory Coast, Bioko, Cameroon (2 species)

References[edit]

^ "Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
^ "Philosciidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
^ "Browse Philosciidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
^ "Philosciidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
^ "Philosciidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
^ Christian Schmidt & Andreas Leistikow (2004). "Catalogue of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea)" (PDF). Steenstrupia. 28 (1): 1–118.
^ Christian F. Kammerer (2006). "Notes on some preoccupied names in Arthropoda". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 31 (2): 269–271.

External links[edit]

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[1] "Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 16, 2012.

[itis-2] "Philosciidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.

[catlife-3] "Browse Philosciidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.

[gbif-4] "Philosciidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.

[bugref-5] "Philosciidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.

[6] Christian Schmidt & Andreas Leistikow (2004). "Catalogue of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea)" (PDF). Steenstrupia. 28 (1): 1–118.

[7] Christian F. Kammerer (2006). "Notes on some preoccupied names in Arthropoda". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 31 (2): 269–271.

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Philosciidae

Philoscia muscorum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Superorder:	Peracarida
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Oniscidea
Superfamily:	Oniscoidea
Family:	Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857^[1]
Genera
See text