Kimberleydillo
Sign in to saveKimberleydillo is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1993 by Henri Dalens. The type specimen for this species is a Kimberleydillo waldockae from Tunnel Creek cave in Western Australia and it is the only species in this genus.
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Kimberleydillo is a genus of woodlice belonging to the family Armadillidae. This genus was described in 1993 by Henri Dalens. The type specimen for this species is a Kimberleydillo waldockae from Tunnel Creek cave in Western Australia and it is the only species in this genus.
== Description == Kimberleydillo isopods have a flattened body with no ventral lobes. They are not able to conglobate.. The flagellum of their antennae are two-jointed. They have five pairs of pseudotracheae. Their uropod protopodite is flattened and situated between the sides of their telson and epimera of pleon segment 5. Their telson has a trapezoidal proximal part and a subrectangular distal part.