Aulacodillo
Sign in to saveAulacodillo is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1942 by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff. The type specimen for this species is an Aulacodillo thomseni from a farm in Namibia, and it is the only species in this genus.
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Aulacodillo is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1942 by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff. The type specimen for this species is an Aulacodillo thomseni from a farm in Namibia, and it is the only species in this genus.
== Description == Aulacodillo sp. have epimera with a longitudinal edge above and a deep longitudinal groove beside it. The marginal arch, delimited internally by the longitudinal edge, is twice as wide anteriorly as posteriorly. The longitudinal edge terminates at the end of the desepimeral word lobe and posteriorly at the schism. Their uropodendopodites that extend only to the middle of the posterior half of the telson, and this is 2.5 times wider. Their uropod endopodites extend almost as wide as they are long.