Xestodillo
| Xestodillo | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Armadillidae |
| Genus: | Xestodillo Verhoeff, 1926 |
Xestodillo is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was originally described in 1926 by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff and was officially designated in 1998 by Stefano Taiti, Pasquino Paoli and Franco Ferrera.[1] The type specimen for this species is a Xestodillo zebricolor from Lifou Island.[2] There are currently three species in this genus.[3]
Distribution
This genus is found in New Caledonia and Vanuatu.[4]
Species
Source:[3]
- Xestodillo lifouensis (Verhoeff, 1926)
- Xestodillo politus (Verhoeff, 1926)
- Xestodillo zebricolor (Stebbing, 1900)
References
- ↑ Taiti, Stefano; Paoli, Pasquino; Ferrera, Franco (1998). "MORPHOLOGY, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND ECOLOGY OF THE FAMILY ARMADILLIDAE (CRUSTACEA, ONISCIDEA)". Israel Journal of Zoology. 44: 291–301.
- ↑ Schmidt, Christian; Leistikow, Andreas (2004). "Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea:Isopoda: Oniscidea) -". Steenstrupia. 28 (1): 99.
- 1 2 "Marine Species Traits - Xestodillo Verhoeff, 1926". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-04-16.
- ↑ Schmalfuss, Helmut (2003). World Catalog of the Terrestrial isopods (Isopoda:Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. p. 295.