Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Toradjiinae (Crustacea: Oniscidea: Scleropactidae) |
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Authors: | F FERRARA C MELI S TAITI |
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Institution: | Centro di Studio per la Fawiistica ed Ecologia Tropicali del Consiglio Nazionak delle Ricerche, Via Romana 17, 50125 Firenze, Italy |
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Abstract: | In the present revision four genera and 32 species are recognized. One genus, Paratoradjia , and 17 species, namely Adinda malaccensis, A. sumatrana, A. palniensis, A. carli, A. nilgiriensis, A. lobata, A. triangulifera, A. rudeli, A. lamellata, Protoradjia paeninsulae, P. insularis, P. montana, P. pilosa, Paratoradjia beroni, P. vietnamensis, P. sulcata and Toradjia hirsute , are described as new. The neotype of Toradjia cephalka and lectotypes of Adinda weberi, Protoradjia jacobsoni, Toradjia gorgona and T. celebensis are established. Adinda cahgarii is considered to be a junior synonym of Adinda weberi , and A. conglobator , a species inquirenda. Toradjia dollfusi is transferred to the genus Adinda , and T. indosinensis to Paratoradjia. The characters of the group and its taxonomic position within the Oniscidea are discussed: it is transferred from the Eubelidae to the Scleropactidae, of which it constitutes a separate subfamily, the Toradjiinae. A map and comments on the distribution of genera and species are included. |
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Keywords: | Isopoda taxonomy new genus new species distribution Oriental Region |
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