Dryadillo

Dryadillo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Armadillidae
Genus: Dryadillo

Dryadillo is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1992 by Stefano Taiti, Franco Ferrera, and Do Heon Kwon. The type specimen for this species is a Dryadillo baliensis (Herold, 1931) from Baturiti[1][2][3]. There are currently 18 species in this genus.

Description

Dryadillo sp. have a cephalon with a frontal lamina that does not protrude past the end of the cephalon. The side plates (epimeron) of their first segment do not have a thickened margin and their postlateral corner has a shallow cleft with the inner lobe much shorter than the outer one. The epimeron of their second segment have a semicircular ventral lobe.

Their telson has a conical shape and their uropod has a dorsal medial tooth and short exopod[3].

Distribution

This genus has been found in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Several species appear to be endemic to islands in Indonesia[1][4]. Some species in this genus are cave-dwelling and have troglomorphic traits[5].

Species

  • Dryadillo arcangelii (Herold, 1931)
  • Dryadillo baliensis (Herold, 1931)
  • Dryadillo bedaliensis (Herold, 1931)
  • Dryadillo chengziensis Dai & Cai, 1998
  • Dryadillo feuerborni (Herold, 1931)
  • Dryadillo guizhouensis Taiti & Gruber, 2008
  • Dryadillo hebereri (Herold, 1931)
  • Dryadillo jinghongensis Dai & Cai, 1998
  • Dryadillo kemaensis Taiti, Ferrara & Kwon, 1992
  • Dryadillo longiantenna Le & Tran, 2025
  • Dryadillo maculatus (Arcangeli, 1952)
  • Dryadillo magnificus (Herold, 1931)
  • Dryadillo montanus (Herold, 1931)
  • Dryadillo parviocellatus Taiti & Gruber, 2008
  • Dryadillo rectifrons (Dollfus, 1898)
  • Dryadillo schellenbergi (Herold, 1931)
  • Dryadillo sexlineatus (Herold, 1931)
  • Dryadillo uenoi Nunomura, 1995

References

  1. ^ a b Schmidt, Christian; Leistikow, Andreas (2004). "Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea)". Steenstrupia. 28 (1): 30.
  2. ^ Taiti, Stefano; Paoli, Pasquino; Franco, Ferrera (1998). "MORPHOLOGY, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND ECOLOGY OF THE FAMILY ARMADILLIDAE (CRUSTACEA, ONISCIDEA)". Israel Journal of Zoology. 44: 291–301.
  3. ^ a b Taiti, S; Ferrara, F; Kwon, Dh (1992-06-01). "Terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea) from the Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 6 (3): 787–842. doi:10.1071/IT9920787. ISSN 0818-0164.
  4. ^ Schmalfuss, Helmut (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A, Nr. pp. 91–92.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  5. ^ Le, Hung Anh; Tran, Duc Luong (2025-06-23). "Dryadillo longiantenna sp. nov., a new species of cave-dwelling terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea, Armadillidae) from a karstic island in Quang Ninh province, North Vietnam". Academia Journal of Biology. 47 (2): 75–87. doi:10.15625/2615-9023/21558. ISSN 2815-5920.