Sinodillo

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Sinodillo
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Armadillidae
Genus: Sinodillo
Kwon & Taiti, 1993
Type species
Sinodillo troglophilus
Kwon & Taiti, 1993

Sinodillo is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1993 by Do Heon Kwon and Stefano Taiti. [1] The type specimen for this species is S. troglophilus from Chinshui County in Yunnan Province, China. There are currently only six species in this genus. [1] [2]

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Description

Sinodillo isopods are able to fully conglobate. Each of their body segment has a single small nodule on each side, with all nodules aligned in a similar position,away from the segment edges. The head has a frontal plate that does not extend above the top of the head. The first body segment has a normal, unthickened side margin, and its side plates curve outward, forming a noticeable rounded lobe on the underside.

The second body segment has a transverse ventral lobe. The telson ends in a squared-off tip. The mandibles have a grinding structure made up of several feathery bristles arising from a single base.

They have pleopodal exopods similar to those found in the genus Trachelipus . The base of the uropods has a short outer branch that is positioned dorsally, just below a small central tooth [1] .

Distribution

This Genus has only been found in China [1] . [2] [3]

Species

Etymology

This genus is so named for "Sino" meaning "China" plus the suffix "dillo". which is common in isopods [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Kwon, D. H. (1993). "Terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea) from southern China, Macao and Hong Kong". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie). 490: 58–68.
  2. 1 2 Nunomura, N.; Rong-Dong, X. (2000). "Terrestrial isopod crustaceans of Yunnan, southwest China". Taxonomical studies on the soil fauna of Yunnan Province in Southwest China. Tokai University Press: Tokai. pp. 43–89.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  3. ↑ Schmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie).
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