Alpioniscus is a southern European genus of woodlice in the family Trichoniscidae. Alpioniscus consists of two subgenera: Alpioniscus s.s. and Illyrionethes.[1] A 2019 study used molecular and taxonomic analyses to verify the validity of the current taxonomy, resulting in the redescription of several species and the description of two new species.[1]

Alpioniscus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Trichoniscidae
Genus: Alpioniscus
Racovitza, 1908

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Jana Bedek; Stefano Taiti; Helena Bilandžija; Emma Ristori; Mariella Baratti (2019). "Molecular and taxonomic analyses in troglobiotic Alpioniscus (Illyrionethes) species from the Dinaric Karst (Isopoda: Trichoniscidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 187 (3): 539–584. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz056.
  2. ^ "Alpioniscus Sideralis". www.esa.int.
  3. ^ Taiti, Stefano; Argano, Roberto; Marcia, Paolo (2018-12-03). "The genus Alpioniscus Racovitza, 1908 in Sardinia: taxonomy and natural history (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Trichoniscidae)". ZooKeys (801): 229–263. Bibcode:2018ZooK..801..229T. doi:10.3897/zookeys.801.24102. PMC 6288260. PMID 30564038.
  4. ^ Alpioniscus sideralis Taiti & Argano, sp. n. from Grotta Su Bentu, ♂ paratype: A adult specimen, dorsal B dorsal scale-seta C cephalon, frontal D cephalon, dorsal E pleonites 4, 5, telson and uropods F antennula G antenna – via ResearchGate.
  • Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea)". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. 654: 1–341.