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Species Hyloniscus riparius

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)
Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
Superorder Peracarida (Marsupial Crustaceans)
Order Isopoda (Isopods)
No Taxon (Scutocoxifera)
Suborder Oniscidea (Woodlice)
Infraorder Holoverticata
No Taxon (Orthogonopoda)
No Taxon (Synocheta)
Family Trichoniscidae
Genus Hyloniscus
Species riparius (Hyloniscus riparius)
Explanation of Names
Hyloniscus riparius (Koch 1838)
Range
native to Central Europe, adventive in our area (ne. NA: NF-PA-WI)(1), southwest to AR (BG data)
Works Cited
1.Checklist of the terrestrial isopods of the New World (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)
Leistikow A., Wägele J.W. 1999. Rev. Bras. Zool. 16: 1‒72.