Ligidium
| Ligidium | |
|---|---|
| Ligidium japonicum | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Malacostraca | 
| Order: | Isopoda | 
| Suborder: | Oniscidea | 
| Family: | Ligiidae | 
| Genus: | Brandt, 1833 [1]  | 
| Species | |
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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.
 - ^ 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.