Tylidae

Tylidae is a family of woodlice. It contains approximately 27 species, all but one in the genus Tylos, the other being Helleria brevicornis. Together with the family Ligiidae, Tylidae appears to have diverged early from the remaining woodlouse families.[3]

Tylidae
Tylos punctatus
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Tylomorpha

Vandel, 1943 [1]
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Tylidae

Dana, 1852 [2]
Genera

Helleria Ebner, 1868
Tylos Latreille, 1826

References

  1. "Tylomorpha". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
  2. "Tylidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
  3. Alice Michel-Salzat & Didier Bouchon (2000). "Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial LSU rRNA in oniscids". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série III. 323 (9): 827–837. doi:10.1016/S0764-4469(00)01221-X. PMID 11072627.


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