World catalog of terrestrial isopods

een extensively investigated beyond systematics and zoogeography the bibliographies
are subdivided according to biological fields (see under Armadillidium vulgare, which
is the most extensively investigated species of terrestrial isopods).
The genera and species are arranged strictly alphabetically, regardless of their
systematic position. This has been done because the systematics on the family level is
by no means satisfactory, there is enough evidence that many families will prove
paraphyletic or polyphyletic. On the other hand the groups above the family level seem
to be clarified, even if the phylogenetic relations of the basic taxa are still debated. Five
groups are generally recognized: Diplocheta (Ligiidae), Tylida (Tylidae), Microcheta
(Mesoniscidae), Synocheta (5 families) and Crinocheta (26 families) (ERHARD 1998b).
Molecular studies (MICHEL-SALZAT & BOUCHON 2000) seem to need some more
sophistication before they can help to enlighten the phylogenetic relationships inside the
Oniscidea, since their results contradict all other evidence and are partly very peculiar
(e. g. Eurydice of the suborder Flabellifera being the closest relative of Ligidium).
A complete bibliography of the Oniscidea has been published earlier in the present
journal (SCHMALFUSS & WOLF-SCHWENNINGER 2002) and has to be used as reference list.
A b b r e v i a t i o n s
Anat. anatomy
Behav. behaviour
BIBL. bibliography
Bibl. publications with comprehensive bibliographies or supplementary
publications
Biochem. biochemistry
Cytol. cytology
Descr. description(s)
DISTR. distribution
Distr. regionally summarized distributional records
Ecol. ecology
Figs. figures illustrating morphological characters
Genet. genetics
Hist. histology
Mol. biol. molecular biology
Morph. functional morphology
Nutr. nutrition
Ontog. ontogeny
Orig. descr. original description
Phyl. phylogenetics
Physiol. physiology
Pop. dyn. population dynamics
Reprod. reproduction
Respir. respiration
Sex det. sex determination
SYN. synonymy
Syst. systematics
Ultrastr. ultrastructure
In the distributional references the international code letters are usually used for European
countries.
A c k n o w l e d g e m e n t s
This catalog was produced during the past twenty years as a hand-written card index file. It
was Dr. STEFANO TAITI (Florence) who urged and finally convinced me to publish this index in the
present shape as a world catalog. To him and to Dr. FRANCO FERRARA (Florence) I owe a lot of
information on difficult taxonomic questions. Dr. H.-P. TSCHORSNIG, the editor of the present
journal, invested considerable time and energy to detect citation errors or inaccuracies. My
daughter JULIA SCHMALFUSS was a great help in producing the typescript. I am very grateful for all
this help and encouragement.
2 List of genera and species
Valid taxa are printed in bold type.
A species name is considered a nomen dubium if its type material is lost and its
description does not allow a specific identification.
2