Hemilepistus
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| Hemilepistus | |
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| Hemilepistus reaumuri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Agnaridae |
| Genus: | Hemilepistus Budde-Lund, 1879 |
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.[1] It contains the following species:[2]
- 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.[2]
