Philosciidae

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Philosciidae
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Philoscia muscorum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Superfamily: Oniscoidea
Family: Philosciidae
Kinahan, 1857 [1]
Genera

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Philosciidae are a family of woodlice (terrestrial isopod crustaceans). They occur almost everywhere on earth, with most species found in (sub)tropical America, Africa and Oceania, and only a few in the Holarctic.

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Genera

This is a list of 123 genera in the family Philosciidae, updated 2018. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. "Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved July 16, 2012.
  2. "Philosciidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  3. "Browse Philosciidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  4. "Philosciidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  5. "Philosciidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  6. Christian Schmidt & Andreas Leistikow (2004). "Catalogue of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea)" (PDF). Steenstrupia . 28 (1): 1–118.
  7. Christian F. Kammerer (2006). "Notes on some preoccupied names in Arthropoda". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica . 31 (2): 269–271.