World catalog of terrestrial isopods

REMARKS. – The ascription to the genus seems questionable for biogeographic reasons.
Balloniscus glaber Araujo & Zardo, 1996
BIBL. – ARAUJO & ZARDO 1996 (figs.); SOUZA-KURY 1998; LEISTIKOW & WÄGELE 1999.
DISTR. – Southern Brazil: province Rio Grande do Sul.
Balloniscus griseus (Dollfus, 1897) = Plataoniscus g.
Balloniscus insularuminfraventum Vandel, 1952 = Pulmoniscus i. (compare LEISTIKOW 2001e)
Balloniscus maculatus (Budde-Lund, 1885)
SYN. – Philoscia m.
BIBL. – BUDDE-LUND 1885; VAN NAME 1936; LEMOS DE CASTRO 1976; VANDEL 1981; JEPPESEN
2000.
DISTR. – Central Argentina NW of Buenos Aires.
Balloniscus nigricans (Budde-Lund, 1885)
SYN. – Philoscia n.
BIBL. – BUDDE-LUND 1885, 1908; RICHARDSON 1901, 1905; VAN NAME 1936; LEISTIKOW &
WÄGELE 1999; JEPPESEN 2000.
DISTR. – USA: Mississippi.
Balloniscus paraguayanus (Van Name, 1936)
SYN. – Philoscia p.
BIBL. – VAN NAME 1936 (figs.); LEMOS DE CASTRO 1958b ; SCHULTZ 1995a; BOYKO 1997;
LEISTIKOW & WÄGELE 1999.
DISTR. – Paraguay.
Balloniscus sellowii (Brandt, 1833)
SYN. – Alloniscus argentinus, B. argentinus, tracheofer, Metoponorthus argentinus,
Pardioniscus argentinus, Philoscia argentina, paulensis, s., Plataoniscus argentinus
BIBL. – BRANDT 1833; BUDDE-LUND 1885; DOLLFUS 1894b, 1897b; MOREIRA 1927, 1932; VAN
NAME 1936, 1940, 1942; GIAMBIAGI DE CALABRESE 1939; VERHOEFF 1951b; VANDEL 1952d,
1963a, 1981; ARCANGELI 1958b; LEMOS DE CASTRO 1958a, 1976 (figs.); RECA 1970;
CASTRUCCI & MENDES 1975; SCHULTZ 1995a; ARAUJO et alii 1996 (figs.); SOUZA-KURY 1998;
ARAUJO & LEISTIKOW 1999 (figs.); LEISTIKOW & WÄGELE 1999; LEISTIKOW & ARAUJO 2001
(figs.); SCHMIDT & WÄGELE 2001 (figs.).
DISTR. – Southern Brazil; Uruguay; region around Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Balloniscus tracheofer Verhoeff, 1951 = B. sellowii (compare VANDEL 1952d: 147)
Banatoniscus karbani Tabacaru, 1991
BIBL. – TABACARU 1991 (figs.), 1994.
DISTR. – Romania: Banat Mountains.
B a n a t o n i s c u s Tabacaru, 1991
Synocheta: family Trichoniscidae
B a r b a r o s p h o e r a Vandel, 1948
Crinocheta: family Spelaeoniscidae
Barbarosphoera lucasi Vandel, 1948
BIBL. – VANDEL 1948d (figs.), 1959a; CARUSO 1973c.
DISTR. – Northern Algeria; southern Morocco.
B a r n a r d i l l o Taiti, Paoli & Ferrara, 1998
Crinocheta: family Armadillidae
Barnardillo barnardi (Collinge, 1920)
SYN. – Anchicubaris spinosus, Bethalus b., Cubaris b., gurjanovi
BIBL. – COLLINGE 1920 (figs.), 1942b, 1945a; ARCANGELI 1934c; BARNARD 1932, 1937, 1949,
1960a; FERRARA & TAITI 1979; TAITI & HARDING 1985.
DISTR. – South Africa; Zimbabwe.
Barnardillo montanus Taiti & Ferrara, 1987
BIBL. – TAITI & FERRARA 1987 (figs.).
DISTR. – Malawi: Nyika Plateau.
Barnardillo mucidus (Budde-Lund, 1885)
SYN. – Armadillo latifrons, m., Bethalus m., Diploexochus m.
BIBL. – BUDDE-LUND 1885, 1904 (figs.); BARNARD 1932 (figs.), 1937; ARCANGELI 1934c; MONOD
1935 (figs.); FERRARA & TAITI 1979; TAITI & HARDING 1985; JEPPESEN 2000.
DISTR. – South Africa: Cape Town and Natal; southern Mozambique.
Barnardillo secutor (Jackson, 1924)
SYN. – Bethalus s., Cubaris s.
BIBL. – JACKSON 1924 (figs.); BARNARD 1932 (figs.); ARCANGELI 1934c; FERRARA & TAITI 1979.
DISTR. – South Africa: Zululand.
Barnardillo warreni (Collinge, 1917)
SYN. – Bethalus w., Cubaris w.
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