Troglodillo is a genus of isopods belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1937 by Harold Gordon Jackson.[1] The type specimen of this genus is a Troglodillo emarginatus that was found in Northern Thailand.[2] There are currently three species in this genus.[3]
| Troglodillo | |
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| Troglodillo sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Armadillidae |
| Genus: | Troglodillo Jackson, 1937 |
Description
editThe pronotum of Troglodillo is narrow and the postero-lateral angles are well developed. The posterior margin of the abdomen has the semicircular shape typical of conglobating forms of isopods though this genus has a reduced ability to conglobate. They have tubular pleopodal lungs. Their eyes are not reduced as is found in some cave-dwelling isopods.[1][4]
Remarks on similar genera
editDistribution
editSpecies
editThere are three species currently assigned to this genus:[7]
- Troglodillo emarginatus Jackson, 1937
- Troglodillo latellai Taiti & Gruber, 2008
- Troglodillo rotundatus Kwon & Taiti, 1993
References
edit- 1 2 3 Jackson, H. G. (1937). "A new terrestrial Isopod from Siam collected by H.R.H. the Prince Leopold of Belgium in the Far East in the year 1932". Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique - Mededelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch van Belgïe. 13: 1–4.
- ↑ Schmidt, Christian; Leistikow, Andreas (2004). "Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea:Isopoda: Oniscidea)". Steenstrupia. 28 (1): 95.
- ↑ "Marine Species Traits - Troglodillo Jackson, 1937". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
- ↑ Protas, Meredith E.; Trontelj, Peter; Patel, Nipam H. (2011-04-05). "Genetic basis of eye and pigment loss in the cave crustacean, Asellus aquaticus". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (14): 5702–5707. doi:10.1073/pnas.1013850108. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 3078413. PMID 21422298.
- ↑ Taiti, Stefano (2008). "Cave-dwelling terrestrial isopods from Southern China (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea), with descriptions of four new species" (PDF). Research in South China karsts. Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, Monografie Naturalistiche. 3: 101–123.
- ↑ Do Heon, Kwon (1993). "Terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea) from southern China, Macao and Hong Kong". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A, Biologie. 490: 1–83.
- ↑ "Troglodillo Jackson, 1937". GBIF. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
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