Detonidae is a family of
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 ...
in the order
Isopoda
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans. Members of this group are called isopods and include both aquatic species and terrestrial species such as woodlice. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed l ...
. There are at least 3 genera and more than 30 described species in Detonidae.
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Genera
These three genera belong to the family Detonidae:
* '' Armadilloniscus'' Uljanin, 1875
* '' Deto'' Guérin-Méneville, 1836
* '' Detonella'' Lohmander, 1927
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