Calmanesia

Calmanesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Armadillidae
Genus: Calmanesia
Collinge, 1922

Calmanesia is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1922 by Walter Edward Collinge. The type specimen for this species is a Calmanesia methueni from the Forest of Folohoy in eastern Madagascar.[1][2] There are currently four species in this genus.[2]

Description

Calmanesia sp. have a spiny dorsum and a triangular telson.[3]

Distribution

This genus has only been found on Madagascar.[1][4]

Species

  • Calmanesia erinaceus Barnard, 1958
  • Calmanesia horrida (Budde-Lund, 1908)
  • Calmanesia lonchotes Barnard, 1960
  • Calmanesia methueni Collinge, 1922

References

  1. ^ a b Schmidt, Christian; Leistikow, Andreas. "Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea)". Steenstrupia. 28 (1): 19–20.
  2. ^ a b "Calmanesia Collinge, 1922". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
  3. ^ Taiti, Stefano; Paoli, Pasquino; Ferrera, Franco (1993). "MORPHOLOGY, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND ECOLOGY OF THE FAMILY ARMADILLIDAE (CRUSTACEA, ONISCIDEA)". Israel Journal of Zoology. 44: 291–301.
  4. ^ Schmalfuss, Helmut (2003). World Catalog of the Terrestrial isopods (Isopoda:Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A, Nr. pp. 66–67.