Dipodillus Lataste 1881

Dipodillus Lataste 1881, Le Naturaliste (Paris), 1: 506.

Type Species: Gerbillus (Dipodillus) simoni Lataste 1881

Species and subspecies: 13 species in 2 subgenera:

Subgenus Dipodillus (Dipodillus) Lataste 1881

Subgenus Dipodillus (Petteromys) Pavlinov 1982

Species Dipodillus (Petteromys) bottai Lataste 1882

Species Dipodillus (Petteromys) campestris (Loche 1867)

Species Dipodillus (Petteromys) dasyurus (Wagner 1842)

Species Dipodillus (Petteromys) harwoodi Thomas 1901

Species Dipodillus (Petteromys) jamesi Harrison 1967

Species Dipodillus (Petteromys) lowei Thomas and Hinton 1923

Species Dipodillus (Petteromys) mackilligini Thomas 1904

Species Dipodillus (Dipodillus) maghrebi Schlitter and Setzer 1972

Species Dipodillus (Petteromys) rupicola Granjon, Aniskin, Volobouev, and Sicard 2002

Species Dipodillus (Dipodillus) simoni Lataste 1881

Species Dipodillus (Petteromys) somalicus Thomas 1910

Species Dipodillus (Petteromys) stigmonyx (Heuglin 1877)

Species Dipodillus (Dipodillus) zakariai Cockrum, Vaughn, and Vaughn` 1976

Discussion: Tribe Gerbillini, Subtribe Gerbillina . The species included here, all with hairless plantar surfaces, were all discussed by Lay (1983) under Gerbillus . Originally described as a subgenus of Gerbillus, Dipodillus has subsequently been treated that way (Ellerman, 1941; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Lay, 1983; Musser and Carleton, 1993) or as a genus (G. M. Allen, 1939; Corbet, 1978 c; Osborn and Helmy, 1980; Pavlinov, 2001; Pavlinov et al., 1990; F. Petter, 1975 b; Qumsiyeh and Schlitter, 1991). We follow F. Petter, 1975 b, Pavlinov et al. (1990) and Pavlinov (2001) in separating species of Dipodillus from those in Gerbillus . Osborn and Helmy (1980) provided tables and illustrations of morphological traits distinguishing the Egyptian species.