Scleropactidae Explained

Scleropactidae is a family of woodlice, with a predominantly Gondwanan distribution.^[1] It contains the following genera:^[2]

Adinda Budde-Lund, 1904 (18 species)
Amazoniscus Lemos de Castro, 1967 (6 species)
Aulaconiscus Taiti & Howarth, 1997 (monotypic)
Caecopactes Schmidt, 2007 (monotypic)
Circoniscus Pearse, 1917 (10 species)
Colomboniscus Vandel, 1972 (3 species)
Colomboscia Vandel, 1972 (5 species)
Globarmadillo Richardson, 1910 (monotypic)
Globopactes Schmidt, 2007 (6 species)
Haplarmadillo Dollfuss, 1896 (monotypic)
Heptapactes Schmidt, 2007 (monotypic)
Kithironiscus Schmalfuss, 1995 (2 species)
Matazonellus Juarrero de Varona & de Armas, 1996 (2 species)
Microsphaeroniscus Lemos de Castro, 1985 (5 species)
Neosanfilippia Brian, 1957 (2 species)
†Palaeospherarmadillo Broly, 2018 (2 species)
Paratoradjia Ferrara, Meli & Taiti, 1995 (4 species)
Protoradjia Arcangeli, 1955 (5 species)
†Protosphaeroniscus Schmalfuss, 1980 (monotypic)
Richardsoniscus Vandel, 1963 (monotypic)
Scleropactes Budde-Lund, 1885 (10 species)
Scleropactoides Schmidt, 2007 (4 species)
Sphaeroniscus Gerstaecker, 1854 (5 species)
Spherarmadillo Richardson, 1907 (4 species)
Suarezia Budde-Lund, 1904 (2 species)
Toradjia Dollfus, 1907 (4 species)
Troglopactes Schmidt, 2007 (monotypic)
Xeroporcellio Strouhal, 1954 (monotypic)

Notes and References

Book: Ionel Tabacaru . Andrei Giurginca . 2003 . The presence of the family Scleropactidae in Dobrogea. Systematic and zoogeographic remarks . 13–22 . Spyros Sfenthourakis . Paula Beatriz de Araujo . Elizabeth Hornung . Helmut Schmalfuss . Stefano Taiti . Katalin Szlavecz . The Biology of Terrestrial Isopods V: Oniscidea rolling into the new millennium: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on the Biology of Terrestrial Isopods, Irakleio (Iraklion), Crete, Greece, 19-23 May 2001 . Crustaceana monographs . 2 . Brill . 90-04-12496-9.
Marilyn Schotte . 2015 . Scleropactidae Verhoeff, 1938 . Isopod . 248315 . 4 March 2016.