Lirceus

Lirceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Family:	Asellidae
Genus:	Lirceus Rafinesque, 1820 [1]
Type species
Lirceus fontinalis Rafinesque, 1820

Lirceus is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae that live in southern Canada and the eastern United States as far west as the Great Plains. ^[1] Of the 15 species in the genus, ^[2] two are listed as either endangered (EN) or vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List.

• Lirceus alabamae Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Alabama
• Lirceus bicuspidatus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Arkansas
• Lirceus bidentatus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Arkansas
• Lirceus brachyurus (Harger, 1876) – Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
• Lirceus culveri Estes & Holsinger, 1976 – Virginia   ^{[3] [4]}
• Lirceus fontinalis Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1820 – Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee
• Lirceus garmani Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma
• Lirceus hargeri Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Tennessee, Virginia
• Lirceus hoppinae (Faxon, 1889) – Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma
• Lirceus lineatus (Say, 1818) – Canada, eastern United States
• Lirceus louisianae (Mackin & Hubricht, 1938) – Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana
• Lirceus megapodus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Missouri
• Lirceus richardsonae Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Ohio
• Lirceus trilobus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Oklahoma
• Lirceus usdagalun Holsinger & Bowman, 1973 – Virginia   ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. Leslie Hubricht & J. G. Mackin (1949). "The freshwater isopods of the genus Lirceus (Asellota, Asellidae)". American Midland Naturalist . 42 (2): 334–349. doi:10.2307/2422012. JSTOR   2422012.
2. Marilyn Schotte (2009). M. Schotte; C. B. Boyko; N. L. Bruce; G. C. B. Poore; S. Taiti; G. D. F. Wilson (eds.). "Lirceus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1820". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved April 12, 2010.
3. Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (2005). "Virginia's Northern Ridge and Valley". Virginia's comprehensive wildlife conservation strategy (PDF). Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
4. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Lirceus culveri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T12120A3322906. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T12120A3322906.en . Retrieved 27 December 2017.
5. John Holsinger & Wil Orndorff (Summer 2008). "Lee County Cave Isopod (Lirceus usdagulun). 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation" (PDF). United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
6. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Lirceus usdagalun". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T12121A3323005. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T12121A3323005.en . Retrieved 27 December 2017.