Aethiopodillo

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Aethiopodillo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Isopoda
Family:
Armadillidae
Genus:
Aethiopodillo

Aethiopodillo is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was first documented by Verhoefff in 1942 but wasn't described until 1998 by Stefano Taiti, Pasquino Paoli, and Franco Ferrara. The type specimen for this species is an Aethiopodillo sulcata from Mozambique. [1] There are only two species in this genus. [2] [3]

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Description

Aethiopodillo are morphologically similar to Caribodillo isopods of the same family. [4]

Distribution

Aethiopodillo isopods have been found in Mozambique and Tanzania. [1]

Species

References

  1. 1 2 Schmidt, Christian; Leistikow, Andreas (2004). "Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea)" (PDF). Steenstrupia. 28 (1): 1–118.
  2. ↑ "African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Aethiopodillo Taiti, Paoli & Ferrara, 1998". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
  3. ↑ Schmalfuss, Helmut (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A, Nr. p. 7.
  4. ↑ Kästle, Benedikt; Binder, Stephanie; Jones, Nathan T.; Coulis, Mathieu (2025-11-14). "Description of a new genus and species of terrestrial isopod (Oniscidea, Armadillidae) endemic to Martinique". Zoosystema. 47 (29). doi:10.5252/zoosystema-2025v47a29. ISSN   1280-9551.
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