Venezillo
| Venezillo | |
|---|---|
| Venezillo parvus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Armadillidae |
| Genus: | Venezillo Verhoeff, 1928 |
| Diversity | |
| at least 140 species | |
Venezillo is a genus of woodlice in the family Armadillidae. The type specimen for this genus was originally described by Gustav Budde-Lund in 1885 as Armadillo clausus and was later redesignated as Venezillo clausus by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1928. The type specimen was collected in Caracas[1][2]. There are more than 140 described species in the genus Venezillo.[3][4][5]
Description
The genus Venezillo shares many morphological traits with, and is genetically closely related to, the genus Caribodillo. The key physical distinction between the genera is the structure of the first segment (perionite). The ventral lobe of Caribodillo's first pereonite is broad while Venezillo's is narrower and has a well defined cleft[6].
Distribution
Venezillo has a worldwide distribution with species being found in many countries such as Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Senegal, United States, and Venezuela[1].
See also
References
- ^ a b Schmidt, Christian; Leistikow, Andreas (2003). "Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustaceae: Isopoda: Oniscidea)". Steenstrupia. 28 (1): 99.
- ^ Taiti, Stefano (1993). "MORPHOLOGY, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND ECOLOGY OF THE FAMILY ARMADILLIDAE (CRUSTACEA, ONISCIDEA)". Israel Journal of Zoology. 44: 291–301.
- ^ "Venezillo Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Venezillo". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Venezillo genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Kästle, Benedikt; Binder, Stephanie; Jones, Nathan T.; Coulis, Mathieu (2025-11-14). "Description of a new genus and species of terrestrial isopod (Oniscidea, Armadillidae) endemic to Martinique". Zoosystema. 47 (29). doi:10.5252/zoosystema-2025v47a29. ISSN 1280-9551.
External links
- Media related to Venezillo at Wikimedia Commons