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Hemilepistus
Sign in to saveHemilepistus is a genus of woodlice, first described by G. H. A. Budde-Lund in 1879 as a subgenus of Porcellio, but raised to the rank of genus by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1930. It contains the following species:
Species
desert woodlice
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderIsopoda
- FamilyAgnaridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Agnaridae
- Collections
- NHMUK, USNM
- Recorded in
- Israel, Afghanistan
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Hemilepistus is a genus of woodlice, first described by G. H. A. Budde-Lund in 1879 as a subgenus of Porcellio, but raised to the rank of genus by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1930. It contains the following species: Hemilepistus aphganicus Borutzky, 1958 Hemilepistus buddelundi Borutzky, 1945 Hemilepistus communis Borutzky, 1945 Hemilepistus crenulatus (Pallas, 1771) Hemilepistus cristatus Budde-Lund, 1885 Hemilepistus elongatus Budde-Lund, 1885 Hemilepistus fedtschenkoi (Uljanin, 1875) Hemilepistus heptneri Borutzky, 1945 Hemilepistus klugii (Brandt, 1833) Hemilepistus magnus Borutzky, 1945 Hemilepistus nodosus Budde-Lund, 1885 Hemilepistus pavlovskii Borutzky, 1954 Hemilepistus reaumuri (Milne-Edwards, 1840) Hemilepistus reductus Borutzky, 1945 Hemilepistus rhinoceros Borutzky, 1958 Hemilepistus ruderalis (Pallas, 1771) Hemilepistus russonovae Borutzky, 1951 Hemilepistus schirasi Lincoln, 1970 Hemilepistus zachvatkini Verhoeff, 1930
The species are all endemic to Central Asia, except H. reaumuri, which is found from Syria to Algeria.
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