Agnaridae is a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

woodlice Woodlice are terrestrial isopods in the suborder Oniscidea. Their name is derived from being often found in old wood, and from louse, a parasitic insect, although woodlice are neither parasitic nor insects. Woodlice evolved from marine isopods ...

. They were formerly considered part of the

Trachelipodidae Trachelipodidae is a family of woodlice, containing the following genera: *'' Levantoniscus'' Cardoso, Taiti & Sfenthourakis, 2015 (3 species) *'' Nagurus'' Holthuis, 1949 (40 species) *'' Pagana'' Budde-Lund, 1908 (5 species) *'' Panchaia'' Tai ...

, but were moved from that family to

Porcellionidae Porcellionidae is a terrestrial family of the order Isopoda. This family contains 530 species, found on every continent except Antarctica. The ventral plate of the thorax, thoracic exoskeleton flare out slightly over the legs. This "flare" is c ...

in 1989, and then placed as a separate family in 2003.

Genera

The family contains the following genera: * '' Agnara'' Budde-Lund, 1908 (20 species) * '' Desertoniscus'' Verhoeff, 1930 (13 species) * '' Fossoniscus'' Strouhal, 1965 (

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) * '' Hemilepistoides'' Borutzky, 1945 (monotypic) * '' Hemilepistus'' Budde-Lund, 1879 (15 species) * '' Koreoniscus'' Verhoeff, 1937 (2 species) * '' Lucasioides'' Kwon, 1993 (30 species) * '' Mongoloniscus'' Verhoeff, 1930 (17 species) * '' Orthometopon'' Verhoeff, 1917 (9 species) * '' Phalaba'' Budde-Lund, 1910 (3 species) * '' Protracheoniscus'' Verhoeff, 1917 (68 species) * '' Pseudoagnara'' Taiti & Ferrara, 2004 (2 species) * '' Socotroniscus'' Ferrara & Taiti, 1996 (monotypic) * '' Tadzhikoniscus'' Borutzky, 1976 (monotypic) * '' Tritracheoniscus'' Taiti & Manicastri, 1985 (monotypic)

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