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Nesodillo

Nesodillo is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1926 by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff. The type specimen for this species is a Nesodillo sarasini from New Caledonia. There are currently 23 species in this genus.

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Nesodillo
Nesodillo archangelii from Pingtung County, Taiwan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Armadillidae
Genus: Nesodillo
Verhoeff, 1926
Synonyms

Triadillo Vandel, 1973

Nesodillo is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1926 by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff. The type specimen for this species is a Nesodillo sarasini from New Caledonia.1 There are currently 23 species in this genus.2

Description

Nesodillo sp. are characterized by their semicircular ventral lobes on the epimera of their first to third thoracic segment.3

Distribution

This genus has been found in much of South and Southeast Asia including Borneo, India, Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan.

Species

  • Nesodillo annandalei (Collinge, 1914)
  • Nesodillo arcangelii Verhoeff, 1928
  • Nesodillo bocki Verhoeff, 1938
  • Nesodillo burmanus Verhoeff, 1946
  • Nesodillo canalensis Verhoeff, 1926
  • Nesodillo enoensis Jackson, 1930
  • Nesodillo fritschei Verhoeff, 1938
  • Nesodillo incisus Verhoeff, 1926
  • Nesodillo jonesi Verhoeff, 1936
  • Nesodillo kimi Jeon & Kwon, 2009
  • Nesodillo lacustris Verhoeff, 1926
  • Nesodillo longicornis Verhoeff, 1926
  • Nesodillo medius Verhoeff, 1926
  • Nesodillo monticola (Vandel, 1973)
  • Nesodillo pacificus Verhoeff, 1926
  • Nesodillo philippinensis Jeon & Kwon, 2009
  • Nesodillo plasticus Verhoeff, 1926
  • Nesodillo pronyensis Verhoeff, 1926
  • Nesodillo sarasini Verhoeff, 1926
  • Nesodillo schellenbergi Verhoeff, 1928 represented as Nesodillo schellenbergi schellenbergi Verhoeff, 1928
  • Nesodillo silvestris Jackson, 1930
  • Nesodillo tenasserimus Verhoeff, 1946
  • Nesodillo verhoeffi Herold, 1931

Former species

  • Nesodillo murinus (Brandt, 1833)
  • Nesodillo papuae Jackson, 1930 = Papuadillo papuae
References

References

  1. Scmidt, Christian; Leistikow, Andreas (2004). "Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea)". Steenstrupia. 28 (1): 59.
  2. "Marine Species Traits - Nesodillo Verhoeff, 1926". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
  3. Jeon, Dae-Soo; Kwon, Do-Heon (2009-07-31). "Two New Species of the Genus Nesodillo (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Armadillidae) from Philippines". Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity. 25 (2): 189–195. doi:10.5635/KJSZ.2009.25.2.189. ISSN 2234-6953.