Stefano Taiti
Stefano Taiti | |
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| Alma mater | University of Florence |
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| Fields | Terrestrial Isopod Taxonomy |
| Workplaces | Italian National Research Council |
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Stefano Taiti is an Italian isopod taxonomist who focuses on Oniscidea. He obtained the degree of Doctor in biology from the University of Florence. Taiti is currently an associate researcher at the Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystem of the Italian National Research Council in Florence. He is also a professor at the University of Florence. His main research interests are taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, functional morphology and ecology of terrestrial isopods.[1]
Professional leadership
Taiti is editor-in-chief of the Journal Tropical Zoology, an editor of Oniscidea submissions for the journal ZooKeys, and was an editor for the Oniscidea of the World Register of Marine Species until 2024.[1] He was the vice-president of the International Society of Subterranean Biology from 2014 to 2016.[2] He is also a member of several specialist groups including the Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group.[3]
Bibliography
Taiti has authored or co-authored over 200 scientific articles and 10 books including many foundational works in the field of isopod taxonomy.[1] He has described 445 species and 65 genera of terrestrial isopods as of 2026.[4]
Books
- Strus, J.; Taiti, S.; Sfenthourakis, Spyros (2012). Advances in Terrestrial Isopod Biology. ZooKeys. ISBN 9789546426307.
Selected academic publications
- Sfenthourakis, S; Taiti, S (2015). "Patterns of taxonomic diversity among terrestrial isopods". ZooKeys (515): 13–25. Bibcode:2015ZooK..515...13S. doi:10.3897/zookeys.515.9332. PMC 4525032. PMID 26261437.
- Soares Campos-Filho, I.; Araujo, P. B.; Bichuette, M. E.; Trajano, E.; Taiti, S. (2014). "Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 172 (2): 360–425. doi:10.1111/zoj.12172.
Eponyms
Several isopod species have been named in honour of Taiti:
References
- 1 2 3 "Stefano Taiti - Bennelongia". Bennelongia. Archived from the original on 27 July 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "Past councils – International Society for Subterranean Biology". Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ GROUP, AIIS. "AIIS GROUP". AIIS GROUP. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ Kwon, D.H.; Kim, M.H. (2002). "Two new terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea, Isopoda, Philosciidae) from northern Luzon, the Philippines of Burmoniscus". Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology. 18 (1): 143–149.
- ↑ Gongalsky, K. B. (2022). "First terrestrial species of the troglobiont genus Caucasocyphoniscus Borutzky, 1948 (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Trichoniscidae) from the northwestern Caucasus". Arthropoda Selecta. 31 (4): 387–391. doi:10.15298/arthsel.31.4.03. ISSN 0136-006X.
- ↑ Jiang, Chao; Yao, Chonghui; Huang, Luqi; Li, Weichun (3 April 2024). "Five new species of Exalloniscus Stebbing, 1911 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from China". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 100 (2): 373–383. Bibcode:2024ZooEv.100..373J. doi:10.3897/zse.100.115813. ISSN 1860-0743.
- ↑ Messana, Giuseppe; Damme, Kay Van; Argano, Roberto (10 October 2019). "A new stygobiotic Stenasellus Dollfus, 1897 (Asellota: Stenasellidae) from Socotra Island, Yemen". Zootaxa. 4683 (4): 552–562. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4683.4.5. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31715911.
- ↑ Argano, Roberto; Messana, Giuseppe (3 July 2019). "A new Stygocyathura (Isopoda, Cymothoida, Anthuridae) from the subterranean waters of Socotra Island (Indian Ocean)". Tropical Zoology. 32 (3): 135–141. Bibcode:2019TrZoo..32..135A. doi:10.1080/03946975.2019.1641667. ISSN 0394-6975.