Bethalus

Bethalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Oniscidea
Family:	Armadillidae
Genus:	Bethalus Budde-Lund, 1909
Type species
Armadillo nigrinus Budde-Lund, 1885

Bethalus is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. The type specimen for this species was originally designated as Armadillo nigrinus by Gustav Budde-Lund in 1885 but in 1909 he revised this designation to Bethalus nigrinus, creating a new genus in the process. The type specimen is believed to have been collected in South Africa ^[1] . There are at least 20 species in this genus.

Distribution

Bethalus sp. are found in South Africa, Malawi, and Mozambique ^[1] .

Species

Numerous species have been described in Bethalus, including: ^{[2] [3]}

• Bethalus arator Barnard, 1937
• Bethalus aureoniger Barnard, 1960
• Bethalus bipunctatus Barnard, 1958
• Bethalus cordatus (Dollfus, 1895)
• Bethalus egens (Budde-Lund, 1904)
• Bethalus gorongozae Barnard, 1960
• Bethalus lawrencei Barnard, 1937
• Bethalus limbatus (Brandt, 1833)
• Bethalus lineatus Taiti & Ferrara, 1987
• Bethalus linguitelson Barnard, 1960
• Bethalus mariepensis Barnard, 1960
• Bethalus nigrinus (Budde-Lund, 1885)
• Bethalus oraniensis (Dollfus, 1895)
• Bethalus panurus (Budde-Lund, 1904)
• Bethalus pretoriensis (Dollfus, 1895)
• Bethalus rhodesiae Barnard, 1932
• Bethalus simplex (Dollfus, 1895)
• Bethalus statumenes Barnard, 1960
• Bethalus stricticauda (Dollfus, 1895)
• Bethalus trichardti Barnard, 1960

References

1. Schmidt, Christian; Leistikow, Andreas (2004). "Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea:Isopoda: Oniscidea)". Steenstrupia. 28 (1): 1–118.
2. "World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans - Bethalus Budde-Lund, 1909". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
3. Schmalfuss, Helmut (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A, Nr. 654. pp. 55–56.