Philosciidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Subordo: Oniscidea
Infraordo: Holoverticata
Section: Crinocheta

Familia: Philosciidae
Genera (114): Abebaioscia – Adeloscia – Alboscia – Anaphiloscia – Anchiphiloscia – Andenoniscus – Andricophiloscia – Androdeloscia – Aphiloscia – Arcangeloscia – Archaeoscia – Ashtonia – Atlantoscia – Aulaconiscus – Australophiloscia – Baconaoscia – Barnardetia – Barnardoscia – Benthana – Benthanoides – Benthanops – Benthanoscia – Burmoniscus – Caraiboscia – Chaetophiloscia – Colombophiloscia – Congophiloscia – Ctenoscia – Cubanophiloscia – Dekanoscia – Didima – Ecuadoroniscus – Erophiloscia – Eurygastor – Floridoscia – Formicascia – Gabunoscia – Hawaiioscia – Heroldia – Hoctunus – Huntonia – Isabelloscia – Ischioscia – Italoniscus – Javanoscia – Jimenezia – Laevophiloscia – Leonoscia – Lepidoniscus – Leptophiloscia – Leucophiloscia – Littorophiloscia – Loboscia – Metaprosekia – Metriogaster – Microphiloscia – Mirtana – Nahia – Nataloniscus – Natalscia – Nesoniscus – Nesophiloscia – Okeaninoscia – Oniscophiloscia – Oreades – Oroscia – Oxalaniscus – Pacroscia – Palaioscia – Papuaphiloscia – Parachaetophiloscia – Paraguascia – Parapacroscia – Paraphiloscia – Parischioscia – Pentoniscus – Philoscia – Philoscina – Pleopodoscia – Plumasicola – Plymophiloscia – Portoricoscia – Prosekia – Pseudophiloscia – Pseudosetaphora – Pseudotyphloscia – Pulmoniscus – Puteoscia – Quintanoscia – Roraimoscia – Rostrophiloscia – Sechelloscia – Serendibia – Setaphora – Sinhaloscia – Stenopleonoscia – Stephenoscia – Sulesoscia – Tenebrioscia – Thomasoniscus – Tiroloscia – Togoscia – Tongoscia – Trichophiloscia – Troglophiloscia – Tropicana – Tropiscia – Uluguroscia – Vandelia – Vandelophiloscia – Wahrbergia – Xiphoniscus – Yaerikima – Zebrascia
Name

Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857

Type genus: Philoscia Latreille, 1804
References

Kinahan J.R. 1857. Analysis of certain allied genera of terrestrial Isopoda; with description of a new genus and a detailed list of the British species of Ligia, Philougria, Philoscia, Porcellio, Oniscus and Armadillidium. Natural History Review 4: 258–282. Reference page.
Grangeiro, D.C., Souza, L.A. & Christoffersen, M.L. 2017. New species of Xiphoniscus and new record of Androdeloscia escalonai (Isopoda, Scutocoxifera, Oniscidea, Philosciidae) from Brazilian Amazon. Zootaxa 4350(2): 374–384. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.2.11. Reference page.
Taiti, S. & Wynne, J.J. 2015. The terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea, Oniscidea) of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), with descriptions of two new species. Zookeys 515: 27–49. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.515.9477 Full article. Reference page.
Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A Nr. 654: 341 pp. BHL Reference page.

Links

Philosciidae in the World Register of Marine Species

Philosciidae are a family of woodlice (terrestrial isopod crustaceans). They occur almost everywhere on earth, with most species found in (sub)tropical America, Africa and Oceania, and only a few in the Holarctic.
Genera

This is a list of 123 genera in the family Philosciidae, updated 2018.[2][3][4][5][6]

Abebaioscia Vandel, 1973 i c g - Panniki Cave, Nullarbor Plain, South Australia (1 species)
Adeloscia Vandel, 1977 i c g - New Zealand (1 species)
Alboscia Schultz, 1995 i c g - Paraguay, southern Brazil (3 species)
Anaphiloscia Racovitza, 1907 i c g - Northwestern Mediterranean (2 species)
Anchiphiloscia Stebbing, 1908 i c g - Eastern Africa, Madagascar, Andaman Islands, Chagos Archipelago (18 species)
Andenoniscus Verhoeff, 1951 i c g - Peru, Panama (2 species)
Andricophiloscia Vandel, 1973 i c g - Eastern New Guinea (1 species)
Androdeloscia Leistikow, 1999 i c g - Tropical America (17 species)
Aphiloscia Budde-Lund, 1908 i c g - Eastern, southern Africa, Madagascar, islands of western Indian Ocean (19 species)
Aquitanoscia Broly, de Lourdes Serrano-Sánchez, Rodríguez-García & Vega, 2017 g
Araucoscia Verhoeff, 1939 i - Chile: Calbuco Island (1 species)
Arcangeloscia Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978 i c g - Cameroon, Congo, Malawi (7 species)
Archaeoscia Vandel, 1973 i c g - Cuba (1 species)
Arhina Budde-Lund, 1904 i c g
Ashtonia Vandel, 1974 i c g - Australia (1 species)
Atlantoscia Ferrara & Taiti, 1981 i c g b - Ascension Island, Florida, Brazil, Argentina, St. Helena (2 species)
Australophiloscia Green, 1990 i c g - Australia, Hawaii, Tonga, Nomuka Iki Islands (3 species)
Baconaoscia Vandel, 1981 i c g - Cuba (1 species)
Barnardetia Xing & Chen, 2013 - formerly Perinetia Barnard, 1959 c g - Madagascar (1 species)
Barnardoscia Taiti & Ferrara, 1982 i c g - South Africa (2 species)
Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 i c g - Brazil, Paraguay (15 species)
Benthanoides Lemos de Castro, 1959 i c g - Peru, Chile (3 species)
Benthanops Barnard, 1932 i c g - South Africa (1 species)
Benthanoscia Lemos de Castro, 1958 i - Brazil (1 species)
Burmoniscus Collinge, 1914 i c g - Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma, China, Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Cameroon, Sao Tomé, Mozambique, Somalia, Pacific islands (65 species)
Caraiboscia Vandel, 1968 i c g - Galapagos, Venezuela (2 species)
Chaetophiloscia Verhoeff, 1908 i c g - Mediterranean (9 to 20 species)
Colombophiloscia Vandel, 1968 i c g - Cuba (3 species)
Congophiloscia Arcangeli, 1950 i c g - Guinea Bissau, Cameroon, Angola, Annobon Island (4 species)
Ctenoscia Verhoeff, 1928 i c g - Western Mediterranean (2 species)
Cubanophiloscia Vandel, 1973 i c g - Cuba (1 species)
Dekanoscia Verhoeff, 1936 i c g - India, cave (1 species)
Didima Budde-Lund, 1908 i c g - Madagascar (1 species)
Ecuadoroniscus Vandel, 1968 i c g - Ecuador (1 species)
Erophiloscia Vandel, 1972 i c g - Colombia, Ecuador (4 species)
Eurygastor Vandel, 1973 i c g - Australia (2 species)
Floridoscia Schultz and C. Johnson, 1984 i c g - Southern Florida (1 species)
Formicascia Leistikow, 2001 c g - Guyana (1 species)
Gabunoscia Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978 i c g - Gabun (1 species)
Halophiloscia Verhoff, 1908 - Mediterranean, Crimea, Bermuda, Canary Islands, USA, Argentina (6 or 7 species)
Hawaiioscia Schultz, 1973 i c g - Hawaii (1 species)
Heroldia Verhoeff, 1926 i c g - New Caledonia (6 species)
Hoctunus Mulaik, 1960 i c g - Mexico (1 species)
Huntonia Vandel, 1973 i c g - Australia (1 species)
Isabelloscia Vandel, 1973 i c g - Salomon Archipelago (1 species)
Ischioscia Verhoeff, 1928 i c g - South America (12 species)
Javanoscia Schultz, 1985 i c g - Java (1 species)
Jimenezia Vandel, 1973 i c g - Cuba (1 species)
Laevophiloscia Wahrberg, 1922 i c g - Western Australia (9 species)
Leonardoscia Campos-Filho, Araujo & Taiti, 2014 c g - Brazil (1 species)
Leonoscia Ferrara & Schmalfuss, 1985 i c g - Sierra Leone (1 species)
Lepidoniscus Verhoeff, 1908 i c g - Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Northern Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Yugoslavia (4 species)
Leptophiloscia Herold, 1931 i c g
Leucophiloscia Vandel, 1973 i c g - New Guinea (1 species)
Littorophiloscia Hatch, 1947 i c g b
Loboscia Schmidt, 1998 i c g - Malaysia (1 species)
Metaprosekia Leistikow, 2000 c g - Venezuela (1 species)
Metriogaster Vandel, 1974 i c g - Australia (1 species)
Microphiloscia Vandel, 1973 i c g - Cuba (1 species)
Mirtana Leistikow, 1997 i c g - Costa Rica (1 species)
Nahia Budde-Lund i c g - South Africa (1 species)
Nataloniscus Ferrara & Taiti, 1985 i c g - South Africa (1 species)
Natalscia Verhoeff, 1942 i c g
Nesoniscus Verhoeff, 1926 i c g - New Caledonia (2 species)
Nesophiloscia Vandel, 1968 i c g - Galapagos (1 species)
Okeaninoscia Vandel, 1977 i c g - Kermadec Archipelago (1 species)
Oniscomorphus Jackson, 1938 - Rapa Nui (1 species)
Oniscophiloscia Wahrberg, 1922 i c g - Juan Fernández Islands and adjacent coast of Chile (4 species)
Oreades Vandel, 1968 i c g - Ecuador (1 species)
Oroscia Verhoeff, 1926 i c g - New Caledonia (2 species)
Oxalaniscus Leistikow, 2000 c g - Mexico (1 species)
Pacroscia Vandel, 1981 i c g
Palaioscia Vandel, 1973 i c g - New Guinea (1 species)
Papuaphiloscia Vandel, 1970 i c g - Bismarck Archipelago, China, Guadalcanal, Hawaii, New Guinea, Japan, New Zealand (11 species)
Parachaetophiloscia Cruz & Dalens, 1990 i c g - Spain (1 species)
Paractenoscia Taiti & Rossano, 2015 c g - Morocco (1 species)
Paraguascia Schultz, 1995 i c g - Paraguay (1 species)
Parapacroscia Vandel, 1981 i c g - Cuba (1 species)
Paraphiloscia Stebbing, 1900 i c g - Solomon Islands, Samoa, New Guinea (9 species)
Parischioscia Lemos de Castro, 1967 i c g - Guiana (1 species)
Pentoniscus Richardson, 1913 i c g - Costa Rica (4 species)
Philoscia Latreille, 1804 i c g b - Europe, Mediterranean (ca. 10 species)
Philoscina Ferrara & Taiti, 1985 i c g - South Africa (3 species)
Platyburmoniscus Schmidt, 2000 - Sri Lanka (1 species)
Platycytoniscus Herold, 1931 i c g - Flores, Sri Lanka (2 species)
Pleopodoscia Verhoeff, 1942 i c g - East Africa (6 species)
Plumasicola Vandel, 1981 i c g - Cuba (1 species)
Plymophiloscia Wahrberg, 1922 i c g - Australia, Tasmania (8 species)
Portoricoscia Leistikow, 1999 i c g - Puerto Rico (1 species)
Prosekia Vandel, 1968 i c g - Venezuela (1 species)
Pseudophiloscia Budde-Lund, 1904 i c g - Chile (3 species)
Pseudosetaphora Ferrara & Taiti, 1986 i c g - Seychelles (1 species)
Pseudotyphloscia Verhoeff, 1928 i c g - Sulawesi, West Java, Taiwan (1 species)
Pulmoniscus Leistikow, 2001 c g - Brazil (2 species)
Puteoscia Vandel, 1981 i c g - Cuba (1 species)
Quintanoscia Leistikow, 2000 c g - Mexico (1 species)
Roraimoscia Leistikow, 2001 c g - Brazil (1 species)
Rostrophiloscia Arcangeli, 1932 i c g - Dominica (1 species)
Sechelloscia Taiti & Ferrara, 1980 i c g - Seychelles (1 species)
Serendibia Manicastri & Taiti, 1987 i c g - Sri Lanka (1 species)
Setaphora Budde-Lund, 1908 i
Sinhaloscia Manicastri & Taiti, 1987 i c g - Sri Lanka (1 species)
Stenophiloscia Verhoeff, 1908 - Dalmatia, Greece, Italy (6 species)
Stenopleonoscia Herold, 1931 i c g
Stephenoscia Vandel, 1977 i c g - New Zealand (1 species)
Sulesoscia Vandel, 1973 i c g - Cuba (1 species)
Tenebrioscia Schultz, 1985 i c g - Java (1 species)
Thomasoniscus Vandel, 1981 i c g - Cuba (1 species)
Tiroloscia Verhoeff, 1926 i c g - Italy, Spain (9 species)
Togoscia Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978 i c g - Togo (1 species)
Tongoscia Dalens, 1988 i c g - Tonga (1 species)
Trichophiloscia Arcangeli, 1950 i c g - Sardinia (1 species)
Troglophiloscia Brian, 1929 i c g - Cuba, Mexico, Belize (3 species)
Tropicana Manicastri & Taiti, 1987 i c g - Hawaii, Sri Lanka, Comoro Islands, Cameroon (1 species)
Tropiscia Vandel, 1968 i c g
Uluguroscia Taiti & Ferrara, 1980 i c g - Ecuador (1 species)
Vandelia Kammerer, 2006 c g (replacement name for Verhoeffiella Vandel, 1970)[7] - New Caledonia (1 species)
Vandelophiloscia Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978 i c g - Ivory Coast (1 species)
Verhoeffiella Vandel, 1970 i g
Wahrbergia Verhoeff, 1926 i c g - New Caledonia (1 species)
Xiphoniscus Vandel, 1968 i c g - Ecuador (1 species)
Yaerikima Leistikow, 2001 c g - Guyana (1 species)
Zebrascia Verhoeff, 1942 i c g - Ivory Coast, Bioko, Cameroon (2 species)

References

"Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
"Philosciidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
"Browse Philosciidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
"Philosciidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
"Philosciidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
Christian Schmidt & Andreas Leistikow (2004). "Catalogue of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea)" (PDF). Steenstrupia. 28 (1): 1–118.
Christian F. Kammerer (2006). "Notes on some preoccupied names in Arthropoda". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 31 (2): 269–271.