Aethiopodillo

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Aethiopodillo
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Armadillidae
Genus: Aethiopodillo
Taiti, Paoli & Ferrara, 1998
Type species
Aethiopodillo sulcatus
Verhoeff, 1942

Aethiopodillo is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was first documented by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1942 but wasn't offically designated 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 currently 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

The species currently assigned to this genus are: [5]

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.
  5. ↑ "Marine Species Traits - Aethiopodillo Taiti, Paoli & Ferrara, 1998". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
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