| Rhyscotus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Rhyscotidae |
| Genus: | Rhyscotus Budde-Lund, 1885 |
Rhyscotus is a genus of armadillo woodlice, land crustacean isopods of the family Rhyscotidae.[1] It was first described in 1885 by Gustav Budde-Lund.
The genus comprises the following species:[1]
- Rhyscotus albidemaculatus Budde-Lund, 1908
- Rhyscotus australis Lewis, 1998
- Rhyscotus bicolor Barnard, 1924
- Rhyscotus colimensis Mulaik, 1960
- Rhyscotus globiceps Budde-Lund, 1908
- Rhyscotus jacksoni Arcangeli, 1931
- Rhyscotus nasutus Budde-Lund, 1908
- Rhyscotus rotundatus Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978
- Rhyscotus somaliensis Ferrara, 1972
- Rhyscotus sphaerocephalus Budde-Lund, 1893
- Rhyscotus texensis (Richardson, 1905)
- Rhyscotus turgifrons Budde-Lund, 1885
References
- 1 2 Rhyscotus Budde-Lund, 1885. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 January 2019.
Further reading
- Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A Nr. 654: 341 pp.
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