A new genus of Trachelipodidae Strouhal, 1953 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from the eastern Mediterranean.

New Terrestrial Isopods of the Genus Miktoniscus from Eastern United States (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscoidea)

Nomenclatural changes for the genus name Perinetia, with a new replacement name for Perinetia Barnard, 1959 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea: Philosciidae).

The name Perinetia was originally introduced by Collenette (1936) for a genus with the type species Perinetia leucocloea Collenette, 1936 in Lepidoptera (Insecta). The name Perinetia was subsequently used by other authors in other animal groups, i.e. Perinetia Seyrig, 1952 (Insecta: Hymenoptera), Perinetia Lallemand and Synave, 1954 (Insecta: Hemiptera), Perinetia Barnard, 1959 (Crustacea: Isop...

Amphibious Shelter-Builder Oniscidea Species from the New World with Description of a New Subfamily, a New Genus and a New Species from Brazilian Cave (Isopoda, Synocheta, Styloniscidae)

The new subfamily Iuiuniscinae, Styloniscidae, is erected for the new genus Iuiuniscus and the new species I. iuiuensis, which is described from cave of the State of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil. A special ecological character is shown here for the first time for a New World Oniscidea: the construction of mud shelters. An introduction addressing the systematics of Synocheta with emphasis on Stylo...

Occurrence and assemblage composition of millipedes (Myriapoda, Diplopoda) and terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) in urban areas of Switzerland

Terrestrial isopods and millipedes, members of the invertebrate macro-decomposer guild, were collected through pitfall traps in three Swiss cities (Zurich, Lucerne, Lugano). A total of 7,198 individuals of 17 isopod species (7093 ind.), and 10 millipede species (105 ind.) were captured. Besides the Alpine endemic isopod (Trichoniscus alemannicus) and millipede (Cylindroiulus verhoeffi), urban a...

First recorded cave-dwelling terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) in Iran with a description of a new species .

Cave-dwelling terrestrial isopods from the province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad, southwestern Iran, are reported here. These include three accidental and one troglobitic species namely Protracheoniscus gakalicus n. sp., which is also the first recorded troglobitic species from the genus Protracheoniscus. The new species is readily distinguished by the lack of eyes and pigmentation.