Leonardo Fea was an Italian explorer, zoologist, painter, and naturalist.
Armadillidium is a genus of the small terrestrial crustacean known as the woodlouse. Armadillidium are also commonly known as pill woodlice, leg pebbles, pill bugs, roly-poly, or potato bugs, and are often confused with pill millipedes such as Glomeris marginata. They are characterised by their ability to roll into a ball ("volvation") when disturbed.
Moserius is a genus of crustacean in family Trichoniscidae, with two described species:
Platyarthridae is a family of woodlice, containing the following genera:
Armadillidae is a family of woodlice, comprising around 80 genera and 700 species. It is the largest family of Oniscidea, and one of the most species-rich families of the entire Isopoda. Armadillids generally have a strongly convex body shape, with some rather shallowly convex. Like members of the woodlice family Armadillidiidae, armadillids are capable of enrolling into a sphere (conglobation), and are commonly known as pill bugs. Armadillids differ from the Armadillidiidae in that the antennae are fully enclosed within the sphere.
Congophiloscia saothomensis is a species of crustacean isopods, in the family Philosciidae. The species was named by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara in 1978. The species is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe.
Feadillo principensis is an endemic species of armadillo woodlice, a land crustacean isopods of the family Armadillidae that lives in the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe. The species was described in 1983 by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara.
Laureola dubia is an endemic species of armadillo woodlice, a land crustacean isopods of the family Armadillidae that lives in São Tomé and Príncipe. The species was described in 1983 by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara.
Metaperiscyphops insulanus is an endemic species of armadillo woodlice, land crustacean isopods of the family Eubelidae. It occurs in the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe. It is the only species of the genus Metaperiscyphops. The genus and the species were described in 1976 by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara.
Pseudolobodillo principensis is an endemic species of armadillo woodlice, land crustacean isopods of the family Armadillidae. It occurs in the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe. It is the only species of the genus Pseudolobodillo. The genus and the species were described in 1983 by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara.
Annobodillo is a genus of armadillo woodlice, terrestrial crustacean isopods of the family Armadillidae. The only species within the genus is Annobodillo coecus, which is endemic to the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea. The species and the genus were described in 1983 by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara. The name of the genus Annobodillo refers to the island Annobón.
Feadillo saotomensis is an endemic species of armadillo woodlice, a land crustacean isopod of the family Armadillidae that lives in the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe. The species was described in 1983 by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara.
Niambia is a genus of woodlice in the family Platyarthridae. There are at least 20 described species in Niambia.
Rhyscotus is a genus of armadillo woodlice, land crustacean isopods of the family Rhyscotidae. It was first described in 1885 by Gustav Budde-Lund.
Rhyscotus rotundatus is a species of armadillo woodlice, a terrestrial crustacean isopod of the family Rhyscotidae. It is endemic to the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe. The species was described in 1978 by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara.
Congophiloscia annobonensis is a species of land crustacean isopods, in the family Philosciidae. The species was named by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara in 1978. The species is endemic to the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea.
Paraxenodillo is a genus of armadillo woodlice, terrestrial crustacean isopods of the family Armadillidae. The only species within the genus is Paraxenodillo singularis, that lives in the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea. The species and the genus were described in 1983 by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrara.
Tylos is a genus of woodlice in the family Tylidae. There are at least 20 described species in Tylos. All the species in this family can roll up into a perfect ball and live on sandy beaches.
Alloniscus is the sole genus in the woodlice family Alloniscidae. There are more than 20 described species in Alloniscus.
Armadilloniscus is a genus of woodlice in the family Detonidae. There are more than 30 described species in Armadilloniscus.
