Rhyscotus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Isopoda
Family
Rhyscotidae
Genus
Rhyscotus
Species
Scientific Name
Rhyscotus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Rhyscotus

Rhyscotus is a genus of armadillo woodlice, land crustacean isopods of the family Rhyscotidae. It was first described in 1885 by Gustav Budde-Lund.

The genus comprises the following species:

  • Rhyscotus albidemaculatus Budde-Lund, 1908
  • Rhyscotus australis Lewis, 1998
  • Rhyscotus bicolor Barnard, 1924
  • Rhyscotus colimensis Mulaik, 1960
  • Rhyscotus globiceps Budde-Lund, 1908
  • Rhyscotus jacksoni Arcangeli, 1931
  • Rhyscotus nasutus Budde-Lund, 1908
  • Rhyscotus rotundatus Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978
  • Rhyscotus somaliensis Ferrara, 1972
  • Rhyscotus sphaerocephalus Budde-Lund, 1893
  • Rhyscotus texensis (Richardson, 1905)
  • Rhyscotus turgifrons Budde-Lund, 1885
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