Mongoloniscus Verhoeff, 1930

Kashani, Ghasem M., 2014, Description of two new species and redescription of one species of agnarid terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea, Agnaridae) from western Iran, ZooKeys 440, pp. 45-56 : 47

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.440.7407

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7F0BD14B-DCC1-4355-8257-10BF22E1095D

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A83021A6-8E0F-25F4-B632-B855BBFEAFB7

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scientific name

Mongoloniscus Verhoeff, 1930
status

 

Taxon classification Animalia Isopoda Agnaridae

Genus Mongoloniscus Verhoeff, 1930 View in CoL

Diagnosis.

Kwon (1993) discussed in details the characteristics of the genus Mongoloniscus and considered it as a good genus. He mentioned the granulated dorsum and triangular median lobe of the head as differentiating characters of the genus from Protracheoniscus . According to the eco-morphological classification proposed by Schmalfuss (1984), the members of the genus are clinger type.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Isopoda

Family

Agnaridae