Togarmadillo
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| Togarmadillo | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Armadillidae |
| Genus: | Togarmadillo Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983 |
Togarmadillo is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1983 by Helmut Schmalfuss and Franco Ferrera. The type specimen for this species is a Togarmadillo nigropunctatus from Bismarckburg, Togo.[1] There are currently two species in this genus.[2]
This genus is able to conglobate. Their dorsal side does not have bumps or spines. Their head has a pronounced triangular frontal protrusion with the frontal line missing. The hind corner of the epimera (side plate) on their first pereon segment has a schisma, and the inner and outer lobes are subequal; this schisma continues frontally into a groove for about half the length of the epimeron which is thickened laterally. The epimera of the second and third pereon segments have small ventral endolobi (small, ventral lobe-like structures on the underside of the epimera). The epimera of the fifth pleon segment is strongly convergent. Their telson is triangular with concave sides and a pointed apex. All five of their pleopod exopodites have well-developed pseudotracheae.
