Reductoniscus is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1930 by Adorján Kesselyák. The type specimen for this species is a Reductoniscus costulatus that was found in the greenhouses of Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum. There are currently four species in this genus.[1][2]
| Reductoniscus | |
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| Reductoniscus tuberculatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Armadillidae |
| Genus: | Reductoniscus Kesselyák, 1930 |
Description
editDistribution
editThis genus has been found in the wild in Hawaii, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Guinea, Seychelles, and Saint Helena. It is also found in greenhouses in mainland Europe. [2][4]
Species
edit- Reductoniscus costulatus Kesselyák, 1930
- Reductoniscus novaehiberniae Ferrara & Taiti, 1990
- Reductoniscus pulcher Ferrara & Taiti, 1990
- Reductoniscus tuberculatus Leistikow, 1997
Former species
edit- Reductoniscus gibbus Lemos de Castro, 1972 = Pseudodiploexochus gibbus
- Reductoniscus insularis Vandel, 1977 = Pseudodiploexochus insularis
- Reductoniscus leleupi Vandel, 1977 = Pseudodiploexochus leleupi
- Reductoniscus mellissi Vandel, 1977 = Pseudodiploexochus mellissi
- Reductoniscus wattii Vandel, 1977 = Pseudodiploexochus wattii
References
edit- ↑ "Reductoniscus Kesselyák, 1930". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
- 1 2 Schmidt, Christian; Leistikow, Andreas (2004). "Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea:Isopoda: Oniscidea)". Steenstrupia. 28 (1): 79.
- ↑ Taiti, Stefano; Paoli, Pasquino; Ferrera, Franco (1993). "MORPHOLOGY, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND ECOLOGY OF THE FAMILY ARMADILLIDAE (CRUSTACEA, ONISCIDEA)". Israel Journal of Zoology. 44: 291–301.
- ↑ Schmalfuss, Helmut (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A, Nr. pp. 227–228.
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