Scleropactidae is a
family
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of
woodlice
A woodlouse (plural woodlice) is an isopod crustacean from the polyphyleticThe current consensus is that Oniscidea is actually triphyletic suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda. They get their name from often being found in old wood.
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, with a predominantly
Gondwana
Gondwana () was a large landmass, often referred to as a supercontinent, that formed during the late Neoproterozoic (about 550 million years ago) and began to break up during the Jurassic period (about 180 million years ago). The final st ...
n distribution. It contains the following genera:
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Adinda''
Budde-Lund, 1904 (18 species)
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Amazoniscus''
Lemos de Castro, 1967 (6 species)
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Aulaconiscus''
Taiti & Howarth, 1997 (
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
)
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Caecopactes''
Schmidt, 2007 (monotypic)
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Circoniscus''
Pearse, 1917 (10 species)
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Colomboniscus''
Vandel, 1972 (3 species)
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Colomboscia''
Vandel, 1972 (5 species)
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Globarmadillo''
Richardson, 1910 (monotypic)
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Globopactes''
Schmidt, 2007 (6 species)
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Haplarmadillo''
Dollfuss, 1896 (monotypic)
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Heptapactes''
Schmidt, 2007 (monotypic)
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Kithironiscus''
Schmalfuss, 1995 (2 species)
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Matazonellus''
Juarrero de Varona & de Armas, 1996 (2 species)
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Microsphaeroniscus''
Lemos de Castro, 1985 (5 species)
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Neosanfilippia''
Brian, 1957 (2 species)
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Palaeospherarmadillo''
Broly, 2018 (2 species)
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Paratoradjia''
Ferrara, Meli & Taiti, 1995 (4 species)
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Protoradjia''
Arcangeli, 1955 (5 species)
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Protosphaeroniscus''
Schmalfuss, 1980 (monotypic)
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Richardsoniscus''
Vandel, 1963 (monotypic)
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Scleropactes''
Budde-Lund, 1885 (10 species)
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Scleropactoides''
Schmidt, 2007 (4 species)
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Sphaeroniscus''
Gerstaecker, 1854 (5 species)
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Spherarmadillo''
Richardson, 1907 (4 species)
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Suarezia''
Budde-Lund, 1904 (2 species)
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Toradjia''
Dollfus, 1907 (4 species)
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Troglopactes''
Schmidt, 2007 (monotypic)
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Xeroporcellio''
Strouhal, 1954 (monotypic)
References
Woodlice
Crustacean families
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