Dryadillo
Sign in to saveDryadillo is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1992 by Stefano Taiti, Franco Ferrera, and Do Heon Kwon. The type specimen for this species is a Dryadillo baliensis (Herold, 1931) from Baturiti. There are currently 18 species in this genus.
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Dryadillo is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1992 by Stefano Taiti, Franco Ferrera, and Do Heon Kwon. The type specimen for this species is a Dryadillo baliensis (Herold, 1931) from Baturiti. There are currently 18 species in this genus.
== Description == Dryadillo sp. have a cephalon with a frontal lamina (head shield) that does not protrude past the end of the cephalon. The epimera (side plates) of their first segment do not have a thickened margin and their postlateral corner has a shallow cleft with the inner lobe much shorter than the outer one. The epimera of their second segment have a semicircular ventral lobe.
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