WoRMS taxon details
Oniscidae Latreille, 1802
147057 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147057)
accepted
Family
Oniscus Linnaeus, 1758 (type by original designation)
Oniscides Latreille, 1802 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (see ICZN Article 11.7.2)
Oniscinae Latreille, 1802 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Oniscus Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Oroniscus Verhoeff, 1908
- Genus Phalloniscus Budde-Lund, 1908
- Genus Rabdoniscus Vandel, 1981
- Genus Rodoniscus Arcangeli, 1934
- Genus Sardoniscus Arcangeli, 1939
- Subfamily Armadilloniscinae Budde-Lund, 1904 accepted as Detonidae Budde-Lund, 1904 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Bathytropinae Vandel, 1952 accepted as Bathytropidae Vandel, 1952 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Berytoniscinae Vandel, 1955 accepted as Berytoniscidae Vandel, 1955 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Cyphoniscinae Verhoeff, 1900 accepted as Haplophthalminae Verhoeff, 1908 (type genus is a junior homonym)
- Subfamily Detoninae Budde-Lund, 1904 accepted as Detonidae Budde-Lund, 1904 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Kisuma Budde-Lund, 1912 accepted as Exalloniscus Stebbing, 1911 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, junior synonym)
- Genus Lyprobius Budde-Lund, 1879 accepted as Agabiformius Verhoeff, 1908 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no characters, no included available species)
- Subfamily Olibrininae Budde-Lund, 1912 accepted as Olibrinidae Budde-Lund, 1912 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Oniscinae Latreille, 1802 accepted as Oniscidae Latreille, 1802 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Rhyscotinae Budde-Lund, 1904 accepted as Rhyscotidae Budde-Lund, 1904 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Scyphacinae Dana, 1853 accepted as Scyphacidae Dana, 1853 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Stenoniscinae Budde-Lund, 1904 accepted as Stenoniscidae Budde-Lund, 1904 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Strouhalius Verhoeff, 1940 accepted as Oroniscus Verhoeff, 1908 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no type species designated)
- Genus Strouhaloniscus Arcangeli, 1939 accepted as Oroniscus Verhoeff, 1908 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no type species designated)
(of Oniscides Latreille, 1802) Latreille, P.A. (1802 - 1805). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. [Natural History, General and Particular, of Crustaceans and Insects. Natural Families of Genera.]. <em>Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. de L'imprimerie de F. Dufart, Paris.</em> 14 vols:413 pp., available online at http:// http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24884876 [details] 
WoRMS (2026). Oniscidae Latreille, 1802. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147057 on 2026-06-11
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Nomenclature
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(of Oniscides Latreille, 1802) Latreille, P.A. (1802 - 1805). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. [Natural History, General and Particular, of Crustaceans and Insects. Natural Families of Genera.]. <em>Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. de L'imprimerie de F. Dufart, Paris.</em> 14 vols:413 pp., available online at http:// http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24884876 [details] 
basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
Other
additional source
Schmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). <em>Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie).</em> 654: 1-341., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60882444 [details] Available for editors
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Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Authority Latreille, 1802 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | woodlice | [details] |