Philosciidae

Philosciidae
Philoscia muscorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Oniscidea
Superfamily:	Oniscoidea
Family:	Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857 [1]
Genera
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Philosciidae is a family of woodlice. They occur almost everywhere on earth, with most species found in (sub)tropical America, Africa and Oceania, and only a few in the Holarctic realm.

Genera

Philosciidae contains the following genera: ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

• Abebaioscia Vandel, 1973 - Panniki Cave, Nullarbor Plain, South Australia (monotypic)
• Adeloscia Vandel, 1977 - New Zealand (monotypic)
• Alboscia Schultz, 1995 - Paraguay, southern Brazil (3 species)
• Anaphiloscia Racovitza, 1907 - Northwestern Mediterranean (2 species)
• Anchiphiloscia Stebbing, 1908 - Eastern Africa, Madagascar, Andaman Islands, Chagos Archipelago (18 species)
• Andenoniscus Verhoeff, 1951 - Peru, Panama (2 species)
• Andricophiloscia Vandel, 1973 - Eastern New Guinea (monotypic)
• Androdeloscia Leistikow, 1999 - Tropical America (17 species)
• Aphiloscia Budde-Lund, 1908 - Eastern, southern Africa, Madagascar, islands of western Indian Ocean (19 species)
• Aquitanoscia Broly, de Lourdes Serrano-Sánchez, Rodríguez-García & Vega, 2017
• Araucoscia Verhoeff, 1939 - Chile: Calbuco Island (monotypic)
• Arcangeloscia Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978 - Cameroon, Congo, Malawi (7 species)
• Archaeoscia Vandel, 1973 - Cuba (monotypic)
• Arhina Budde-Lund, 1904
• Ashtonia Vandel, 1974 - Australia (monotypic)
• Atlantoscia Ferrara & Taiti, 1981 - Ascension Island, Florida, Brazil, Argentina, St. Helena (2 species)
• Australophiloscia Green, 1990 - Australia, Hawaii, Tonga, Nomuka Iki Islands (3 species)
• Baconaoscia Vandel, 1981 - Cuba (monotypic)
• Barnardetia Xing & Chen, 2013 - formerly Perinetia Barnard, 1959 - Madagascar (monotypic)
• Barnardoscia Taiti & Ferrara, 1982 - South Africa (2 species)
• Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 - Brazil, Paraguay (15 species)
• Benthanoides Lemos de Castro, 1959 - Peru, Chile (3 species)
• Benthanops Barnard, 1932 - South Africa (monotypic)
• Benthanoscia Lemos de Castro, 1958 - Brazil (monotypic)
• Burmoniscus Collinge, 1914 - Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma, China, Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Cameroon, Sao Tomé, Mozambique, Somalia, Pacific islands (65 species)
• Caraiboscia Vandel, 1968 - Galapagos, Venezuela (2 species)
• Chaetophiloscia Verhoeff, 1908 - Mediterranean (9 to 20 species)
• Colombophiloscia Vandel, 1968 - Cuba (3 species)
• Congophiloscia Arcangeli, 1950 - Guinea Bissau, Cameroon, Angola, Annobon Island (4 species)
• Ctenoscia Verhoeff, 1928 - Western Mediterranean (2 species)
• Cubanophiloscia Vandel, 1973 - Cuba (monotypic)
• Dekanoscia Verhoeff, 1936 - India, cave (monotypic)
• Didima Budde-Lund, 1908 - Madagascar (monotypic)
• Ecuadoroniscus Vandel, 1968 - Ecuador (monotypic)
• Erophiloscia Vandel, 1972 - Colombia, Ecuador (4 species)
• Eurygastor Vandel, 1973 - Australia (2 species)
• Floridoscia Schultz and C. Johnson, 1984 - Southern Florida (monotypic)
• Formicascia Leistikow, 2001 - Guyana (monotypic)
• Gabunoscia Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978 - Gabun (monotypic)
• Halophiloscia Verhoff, 1908 - Mediterranean, Crimea, Bermuda, Canary Islands, USA, Argentina (6 or 7 species)
• Hawaiioscia Schultz, 1973 - Hawaii (monotypic)
• Heroldia Verhoeff, 1926 - New Caledonia (6 species)
• Hoctunus Mulaik, 1960 - Mexico (monotypic)
• Huntonia Vandel, 1973 - Australia (monotypic)
• Isabelloscia Vandel, 1973 - Salomon Archipelago (monotypic)
• Ischioscia Verhoeff, 1928 - South America (12 species)
• Javanoscia Schultz, 1985 - Java (monotypic)
• Jimenezia Vandel, 1973 - Cuba (monotypic)
• Laevophiloscia Wahrberg, 1922 - Western Australia (9 species)
• Leonardoscia Campos-Filho, Araujo & Taiti, 2014 - Brazil (monotypic)
• Leonoscia Ferrara & Schmalfuss, 1985 - Sierra Leone (monotypic)
• Lepidoniscus Verhoeff, 1908 - Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Northern Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Yugoslavia (4 species)
• Leptophiloscia Herold, 1931
• Leucophiloscia Vandel, 1973 - New Guinea (monotypic)
• Littorophiloscia Hatch, 1947
• Loboscia Schmidt, 1998 - Malaysia (monotypic)
• Metaprosekia Leistikow, 2000 - Venezuela (monotypic)
• Metriogaster Vandel, 1974 - Australia (monotypic)
• Microphiloscia Vandel, 1973 - Cuba (monotypic)
• Mirtana Leistikow, 1997 - Costa Rica (monotypic)
• Nahia Budde-Lund - South Africa (monotypic)
• Nataloniscus Ferrara & Taiti, 1985 - South Africa (monotypic)
• Natalscia Verhoeff, 1942
• Nesoniscus Verhoeff, 1926 - New Caledonia (2 species)
• Nesophiloscia Vandel, 1968 - Galapagos (monotypic)
• Okeaninoscia Vandel, 1977 - Kermadec Archipelago (monotypic)
• Oniscomorphus Jackson, 1938 - Rapa Nui (monotypic)
• Oniscophiloscia Wahrberg, 1922 - Juan Fernández Islands and adjacent coast of Chile (4 species)
• Oreades Vandel, 1968 - Ecuador (monotypic)
• Oroscia Verhoeff, 1926 - New Caledonia (2 species)
• Oxalaniscus Leistikow, 2000 - Mexico (monotypic)
• Pacroscia Vandel, 1981
• Palaioscia Vandel, 1973 - New Guinea (monotypic)
• Papuaphiloscia Vandel, 1970 - Bismarck Archipelago, China, Guadalcanal, Hawaii, New Guinea, Japan, New Zealand (1monotypic)
• Parachaetophiloscia Cruz & Dalens, 1990 - Spain (monotypic)
• Paractenoscia Taiti & Rossano, 2015 - Morocco (monotypic)
• Paraguascia Schultz, 1995 - Paraguay (monotypic)
• Parapacroscia Vandel, 1981 - Cuba (monotypic)
• Paraphiloscia Stebbing, 1900 - Solomon Islands, Samoa, New Guinea (9 species)
• Parischioscia Lemos de Castro, 1967 - Guiana (monotypic)
• Pentoniscus Richardson, 1913 - Costa Rica (4 species)
• Philoscia Latreille, 1804 - Europe, Mediterranean (ca. 10 species)
• Philoscina Ferrara & Taiti, 1985 - South Africa (3 species)
• Platyburmoniscus Schmidt, 2000 - Sri Lanka (monotypic)
• Platycytoniscus Herold, 1931 - Flores, Sri Lanka (2 species)
• Pleopodoscia Verhoeff, 1942 - East Africa (6 species)
• Plumasicola Vandel, 1981 - Cuba (monotypic)
• Plymophiloscia Wahrberg, 1922 - Australia, Tasmania (8 species)
• Portoricoscia Leistikow, 1999 - Puerto Rico (monotypic)
• Prosekia Vandel, 1968 - Venezuela (monotypic)
• Pseudophiloscia Budde-Lund, 1904 - Chile (3 species)
• Pseudosetaphora Ferrara & Taiti, 1986 - Seychelles (monotypic)
• Pseudotyphloscia Verhoeff, 1928 - Sulawesi, West Java, Taiwan (monotypic)
• Pulmoniscus Leistikow, 2001 - Brazil (2 species)
• Puteoscia Vandel, 1981 - Cuba (monotypic)
• Quintanoscia Leistikow, 2000 - Mexico (monotypic)
• Roraimoscia Leistikow, 2001 - Brazil (monotypic)
• Rostrophiloscia Arcangeli, 1932 - Dominica (monotypic)
• Sechelloscia Taiti & Ferrara, 1980 - Seychelles (monotypic)
• Serendibia Manicastri & Taiti, 1987 - Sri Lanka (monotypic)
• Setaphora Budde-Lund, 1908
• Sinhaloscia Manicastri & Taiti, 1987 - Sri Lanka (monotypic)
• Stenophiloscia Verhoeff, 1908 - Dalmatia, Greece, Italy (6 species)
• Stenopleonoscia Herold, 1931
• Stephenoscia Vandel, 1977 - New Zealand (monotypic)
• Sulesoscia Vandel, 1973 - Cuba (monotypic)
• Tenebrioscia Schultz, 1985 - Java (monotypic)
• Thomasoniscus Vandel, 1981 - Cuba (monotypic)
• Tiroloscia Verhoeff, 1926 - Italy, Spain (9 species)
• Togoscia Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978 - Togo (monotypic)
• Tongoscia Dalens, 1988 - Tonga (monotypic)
• Trichophiloscia Arcangeli, 1950 - Sardinia (monotypic)
• Troglophiloscia Brian, 1929 - Cuba, Mexico, Belize (3 species)
• Tropicana Manicastri & Taiti, 1987 - Hawaii, Sri Lanka, Comoro Islands, Cameroon (monotypic)
• Tropiscia Vandel, 1968
• Uluguroscia Taiti & Ferrara, 1980 - Ecuador (monotypic)
• Vandelia Kammerer, 2006 (replacement name for VerhoeffiellaVandel, 1970) ^[5] - New Caledonia (monotypic)
• Vandelophiloscia Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978 - Ivory Coast (monotypic)
• Verhoeffiella Vandel, 1970
• Wahrbergia Verhoeff, 1926 - New Caledonia (monotypic)
• Xiphoniscus Vandel, 1968 - Ecuador (monotypic)
• Yaerikima Leistikow, 2001 - Guyana (monotypic)
• Zebrascia Verhoeff, 1942 - Ivory Coast, Bioko, Cameroon (2 species)

References

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

External links

• Media related to Philosciidae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Philosciidae at Wikispecies