| Barnardillo | |
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| Barnardillo barnardi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Armadillidae |
| Genus: | Barnardillo Taiti, Paoli & Ferrara, 1998 |
| Type species | |
| Armadillo mucidus Budde-Lund, 1885 | |
Barnardillo is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. In 1934 Alceste Arcangeli instituted the genus Barnardillo for the species Armadillo mucidus (Budde-Lund, 1885) and others but he did not designate a type specimen. In 1998 Stefano Taiti, Pasquino Paoli, and Franco Ferrera subsequently validated this genus by naming Armadillo mucidus (Budde-Lund, 1885) the type specimen. This type specimen was collected at Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.[1][2][3] There are currently five species in this genus.[2][4]
Description
Barnardillo have long and thin penicils (dentate setae on mandibles). Their frontal lamina (head shield) protrudes past the end of the head.[5]
Distribution
This genus has been found in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.[2] Some members of this genus can be found up to 2350m in elevation.[6]
Species
- Barnardillo barnardi (Collinge, 1920)
- Barnardillo montanus Taiti & Ferrara, 1987
- Barnardillo mucidus (Budde-Lund, 1885)
- Barnardillo secutor (Jackson, 1924)
- Barnardillo warreni (Collinge, 1917)
Etymology
The name of this genus is an homage to the prominent South African zoologist Keppel Harcourt Barnard.
References
- Schmidt, Christian; Leistikow, Andreas (2004). "Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea)". Steenstrupia. 28 (1): 14.
- Schmalfuss, Helmut (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A, Nr. pp. 51–52.
- Taiti, Stefano; Paoli, Pasquino; Ferrera, Franco (1998). "Morphology, Biogeography, and Ecology of the family Armadillidae (Crustacea, Oniscidea)". Israel Journal of Zoology. 44: 291–301.
- "Barnardillo Taiti, Paoli & Ferrara, 1998". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
- "Terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea) from southern China, Macao and Hong Kong". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie). 490: 1–83. 1993.
- Beron, Petar (1997). "On the High Mountain Isopoda Oniscidea in the Old World". Historia naturalis bulgarica. 8: 85–100 [96].