Ligidium is a genus of woodlice. It contains about 68 species,[2] six of which are probably taxonomic synonyms of Ligidium hypnorum or Ligidium germanicum.[1] Of the remainder, 18 species are found in North America,[2] six in Japan, two in Taiwan, four in China, 12 in Turkey, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, and six in Greece.[1]
The following is an incomplete list of Ligidium species:[2][1][3]
- Ligidium acuminatum Li, 2022
- Ligidium acutitelson Wang & Kwon, 1993
- Ligidium anatolicum Frankenberger, 1950
- Ligidium assimile Strouhal, 1971
- Ligidium beieri Strouhal, 1928
- Ligidium birsteini Borutzky, 1950
- Ligidium blueridgensis Schultz, 1964
- Ligidium bosniense Verhoeff, 1901
- Ligidium bosporanum Verhoeff, 1941
- Ligidium burmanicum Verhoeff, 1946
- Ligidium cavaticum Borutzky, 1950
- Ligidium chatoogaensis Schultz, 1970
- Ligidium cycladicum Matsakis, 1978
- Ligidium denticulatum Shen, 1949
- Ligidium duospinatum Li, 2022
- Ligidium elrodii (Packard, 1873)
- Ligidium enotahensis Recuero & Caterino, 2025
- Ligidium euboicum Matsakis, 1975
- Ligidium floridanum Schultz & Johnson, 1984
- Ligidium formosanum Wang & Kwon, 1993
- Ligidium fragile Budde-Lund, 1885
- Ligidium gadalutsi Recuero & Caterino, 2025
- Ligidium germanicum Verhoeff, 1901
- Ligidium ghigii Arcangeli, 1928
- Ligidium gracile (Dana, 1854)
- Ligidium hancockensis Schultz, 1970
- Ligidium hoberlandti Frankenberger, 1950
- Ligidium hypnorum (Cuvier, 1792)
- Ligidium inerme Nunomura & Xie, 2000
- Ligidium intermedium Radu, 1950
- Ligidium iyoense Nunomura, 1983
- Ligidium japonicum Verhoeff, 1918
- Ligidium jiushai Tang & Zhou, 1999
- Ligidium kiyosumiense Nunomura, 1983
- Ligidium kofoidi Maloney, 1930
- Ligidium koreanum Flasarová, 1972
- Ligidium lapetum Mulaik & Mulaik, 1942
- Ligidium longisetosum Verhoeff & Strouhal, 1967
- Ligidium margaritae Borutzky, 1955
- Ligidium mimense Nunomura & Xie, 2000
- Ligidium mucronatum Mulaik & Mulaik, 1942
- Ligidium mylonasi Sfenthourakis, 1992
- Ligidium nantahala Recuero & Caterino, 2025
- Ligidium nodulosum Verhoeff, 1918
- Ligidium pacolet Recuero & Caterino, 2025
- Ligidium paulum Nunomura, 1976
- Ligidium protuberans Recuero & Caterino, 2025
- Ligidium riparum Verhoeff, 1943
- Ligidium rotundum Li, 2022
- Ligidium ryukyuense Nunomura, 1983
- Ligidium schultzi Recuero & Caterino, 2025
- Ligidium scottensis Schultz, 1970
- Ligidium shadini Borutzky, 1948
- Ligidium sichuanensis Nunomura, 2002
- Ligidium tauricum Verhoeff, 1930
- Ligidium turcicorum Verhoeff, 1949
- Ligidium tridentatum Li, 2022
- Ligidium werneri Strouhal, 1937
- Ligidium whiteoak Recuero & Caterino, 2025
- Ligidium zaitzevi Borutzky, 1950
- Ligidium zernovi Borutzky, 1948
References
- ^ a b c d Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). “World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) — revised and updated version” (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A. 654: 341 pp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ^ a b c Recuero, Ernesto; Caterino, Michael S. (2025-02-07). “Is there anybody (new) out there? Seven new species of Ligidium (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Ligiidae) from the Southern Appalachians, eastern North America”. European Journal of Taxonomy (976): 133–170. doi:10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2783. ISSN 2118-9773.
- ^ Wang, Jin; Yang, Jingbo; Zeng, Xuegang; Li, Weichun (2022). “Integrative taxonomy on the rare sky-island Ligidium species from southwest China (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Ligiidae)”. BMC Zoology. 7 (1). doi:10.1186/s40850-022-00120-1. ISSN 2056-3132. PMC 10127345.