Philosciidae

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.

Philosciidae
Philoscia muscorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Superorder:	Peracarida
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Oniscidea
Superfamily:	Oniscoidea
Family:	Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857[1]
Genera
See text.

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 ^{c g}
• 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 ^{c g}
• 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 ^{c g}
• 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 ^{c g}
• 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 ^{c g}
• Puteoscia Vandel, 1981 ^{i c g} - Cuba (1 species)
• Quintanoscia Leistikow, 2000 ^{c g} - Mexico (1 species)
• Roraimoscia ^{c g}
• 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 ^{c g}
• Zebrascia Verhoeff, 1942 ^{i c g} - Ivory Coast, Bioko, Cameroon (2 species)

References

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

External links

• Data related to Philosciidae at Wikispecies