Hemilepistus

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Hemilepistus
Hemilepistus reaumuri
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Hemilepistus

Hemilepistus is a genus of woodlice, created by G. H. A. Budde-Lund in 1879 as a subgenus of Porcellio, but raised to the rank of genus by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1930.[1] It contains the following species:[2]

The species are all endemic to Central Asia, except H. reaumuri, which is found from Syria to Algeria.[2]

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  1. ^ Ghasem M. Kashani, Alireza Sari & Shidokht Hosseinie (Ostavani) (2010). "Terrestrial isopods of the subgenus Hemilepistus (Hemilepistus) Budde-Lund, 1879 (Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Iran" (PDF extract). Zootaxa. 2549: 54–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2549.1.3.
  2. ^ a b Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) – revised and updated version" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A. 654: 1–341. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2010-09-17.

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