Venezillo

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Venezillo
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Venezillo parvus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Armadillidae
Genus: Venezillo
Verhoeff, 1928
Diversity
at least 140 species

Venezillo is a genus of woodlice in the family Armadillidae. The type specimen for this genus was originally described by Gustav Budde-Lund in 1885 as Armadillo clausus and was later redesignated as Venezillo clausus by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1928. The type specimen was collected in Caracas [1] [2] . There are more than 140 described species in the genus Venezillo. [3] [4] [5]

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Description

The genus Venezillo shares many morphological traits with, and is genetically closely related to, the genus Caribodillo . The key physical distinction between the genera is the structure of the first segment (perionite). The ventral lobe of Caribodillo's first pereonite is broad while Venezillo's is narrower and has a well defined cleft [6] .

Distribution

Venezillo has a worldwide distribution with species being found in many countries such as Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Senegal, United States, and Venezuela [1] .

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References

  1. 1 2 Schmidt, Christian; Leistikow, Andreas (2003). "Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustaceae: Isopoda: Oniscidea)". Steenstrupia. 28 (1): 99.
  2. ↑ Taiti, Stefano (1993). "MORPHOLOGY, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND ECOLOGY OF THE FAMILY ARMADILLIDAE (CRUSTACEA, ONISCIDEA)". Israel Journal of Zoology. 44: 291–301.
  3. ↑ "Venezillo Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  4. ↑ "Venezillo". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  5. ↑ Kästle, Benedikt; Binder, Stephanie; Jones, Nathan T.; Coulis, Mathieu (2025-11-14). "Description of a new genus and species of terrestrial isopod (Oniscidea, Armadillidae) endemic to Martinique". Zoosystema. 47 (29). doi:10.5252/zoosystema-2025v47a29. ISSN   1280-9551.
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