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of woodlice. It contains about 46 species, six of which are probably taxonomic synonyms of '' Ligidium hypnorum'' or '' Ligidium germanicum''. Of the remainder, eight species are found in North America, six in Japan, two in

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. *'' Ligidium acutitelson'' Wang & Kwon, 1993 *'' Ligidium anatolicum'' Frankenberger, 1950 *''

Ligidium assimile ''Ligidium'' is a genus of woodlice. It contains about 46 species, six of which are probably taxonomic synonyms of '' Ligidium hypnorum'' or '' Ligidium germanicum''. Of the remainder, eight species are found in North America, six in Japan, tw ...

'' Strouhal, 1971 *'' Ligidium beieri'' Strouhal, 1928 *'' Ligidium birsteini'' Borutzky, 1950 *'' Ligidium blueridgensis'' Schultz, 1964 *'' Ligidium bosniense'' Verhoeff, 1901 *'' Ligidium bosporanum'' Verhoeff, 1941 *'' Ligidium burmanicum'' Verhoeff, 1946 *'' Ligidium cavaticum'' Borutzky, 1950 *'' Ligidium cycladicum'' Matsakis, 1978 *'' Ligidium denticulatum'' Shen, 1949 *''

Ligidium elrodii ''Ligidium elrodii'' is a species of rock slater in the family Ligiidae found in North America. Subspecies These five subspecies belong to the species ''L. elrodii'': * ''L. e. chatoogaensis'' Schultz, 1970 * ''L. e. elrodii'' (Packard, 1873) ...

'' (Packard, 1873) *''

Ligidium euboicum ''Ligidium'' is a genus of woodlice. It contains about 46 species, six of which are probably taxonomic synonyms of '' Ligidium hypnorum'' or '' Ligidium germanicum''. Of the remainder, eight species are found in North America, six in Japan, tw ...

'' Matsakis, 1975 *''

Ligidium floridanum ''Ligidium'' is a genus of woodlice. It contains about 46 species, six of which are probably taxonomic synonyms of '' Ligidium hypnorum'' or '' Ligidium germanicum''. Of the remainder, eight species are found in North America, six in Japan, tw ...

'' Schultz & Johnson, 1984 *''

Ligidium formosanum ''Ligidium'' is a genus of woodlice. It contains about 46 species, six of which are probably taxonomic synonyms of '' Ligidium hypnorum'' or '' Ligidium germanicum''. Of the remainder, eight species are found in North America, six in Japan, tw ...

'' Wang & Kwon, 1993 *'' Ligidium fragile'' Budde-Lund, 1885 *'' Ligidium germanicum'' Verhoeff, 1901 *'' Ligidium ghigii'' Arcangeli, 1928 *'' Ligidium gracile'' (Dana, 1854) *'' Ligidium hoberlandti'' Frankenberger, 1950 *'' Ligidium hypnorum'' (Cuvier, 1792) *'' Ligidium inerme'' Nunomura & Xie, 2000 *'' Ligidium intermedium'' Radu, 1950 *'' Ligidium iyoense'' Nunomura, 1983 *''

Ligidium japonicum ''Ligidium japonicum'' is a species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of org ...

'' Verhoeff, 1918 *'' Ligidium jiushai'' Tang & Zhou, 1999 *'' Ligidium kiyosumiense'' Nunomura, 1983 *'' Ligidium kofoidi'' Maloney, 1930 *'' Ligidium koreanum'' Flasarová, 1972 *'' Ligidium lapetum'' Mulaik & Mulaik, 1942 *'' Ligidium longisetosum'' Verhoeff & Strouhal, 1967 *''

Ligidium margaritae ''Ligidium'' is a genus of woodlice. It contains about 46 species, six of which are probably taxonomic synonyms of '' Ligidium hypnorum'' or '' Ligidium germanicum''. Of the remainder, eight species are found in North America, six in Japan, tw ...

'' Borutzky, 1955 *'' Ligidium mimense'' Nunomura & Xie, 2000 *'' Ligidium mucronatum'' Mulaik & Mulaik, 1942 *'' Ligidium mylonasi'' Sfenthourakis, 1992 *'' Ligidium nodulosum'' Verhoeff, 1918 *'' Ligidium paulum'' Nunomura, 1976 *'' Ligidium riparum'' Verhoeff, 1943 *'' Ligidium ryukyuense'' Nunomura, 1983 *'' Ligidium shadini'' Borutzky, 1948 *'' Ligidium tauricum'' Verhoeff, 1930 *'' Ligidium turcicorum'' Verhoeff, 1949 *'' Ligidium werneri'' Strouhal, 1937 *'' Ligidium zaitzevi'' Borutzky, 1950 *'' Ligidium zernovi'' Borutzky, 1948

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