Ligidium is a genus of woodlice. It contains about 68 species, six of which are probably taxonomic synonyms of Ligidium hypnorum or Ligidium germanicum. Of the remainder, 18 species are found in North America, six in Japan, two in Taiwan, four in China, 12 in Turkey, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, and six in Greece.
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Ligidium is a genus of woodlice. It contains about 68 species, six of which are probably taxonomic synonyms of Ligidium hypnorum or Ligidium germanicum. Of the remainder, 18 species are found in North America, six in Japan, two in Taiwan, four in China, 12 in Turkey, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, and six in Greece.
The following is an incomplete list of Ligidium species: Ligidium acuminatum Li, 2022 Ligidium acutitelson Wang & Kwon, 1993 Ligidium anatolicum Frankenberger, 1950 Ligidium assimile Strouhal, 1971 Ligidium beieri Strouhal, 1928 Ligidium birsteini Borutzky, 1950 Ligidium blueridgensis Schultz, 1964 Ligidium bosniense Verhoeff, 1901 Ligidium bosporanum Verhoeff, 1941 Ligidium burmanicum Verhoeff, 1946 Ligidium cavaticum Borutzky, 1950 Ligidium chatoogaensis Schultz, 1970 Ligidium cycladicum Matsakis, 1978 Ligidium denticulatum Shen, 1949 Ligidium duospinatum Li, 2022 Ligidium elrodii (Packard, 1873) Ligidium enotahensis Recuero & Caterino, 2025 Ligidium euboicum Matsakis, 1975 Ligidium floridanum Schultz & Johnson, 1984 Ligidium formosanum Wang & Kwon, 1993 Ligidium fragile Budde-Lund, 1885 Ligidium gadalutsi Recuero & Caterino, 2025 Ligidium germanicum Verhoeff, 1901 Ligidium ghigii Arcangeli, 1928 Ligidium gracile (Dana, 1854) Ligidium hancockensis Schultz, 1970 Ligidium hoberlandti Frankenberger, 1950 Ligidium hypnorum (Cuvier, 1792) Ligidium inerme Nunomura & Xie, 2000 Ligidium intermedium Radu, 1950 Ligidium iyoense Nunomura, 1983 Ligidium japonicum Verhoeff, 1918 Ligidium jiushai Tang & Zhou, 1999 Ligidium kiyosumiense Nunomura, 1983 Ligidium kofoidi Maloney, 1930 Ligidium koreanum Flasarová, 1972 Ligidium lapetum Mulaik & Mulaik, 1942 Ligidium longisetosum Verhoeff & Strouhal, 1967 Ligidium margaritae Borutzky, 1955 Ligidium mimense Nunomura & Xie, 2000 Ligidium mucronatum Mulaik & Mulaik, 1942 Ligidium mylonasi Sfenthourakis, 1992 Ligidium nantahala Recuero & Caterino, 2025 Ligidium nodulosum Verhoeff, 1918 Ligidium pacolet Recuero & Caterino, 2025 Ligidium paulum Nunomura, 1976 Ligidium protuberans Recuero & Caterino, 2025 Ligidium riparum Verhoeff, 1943 Ligidium rotundum Li, 2022 Ligidium ryukyuense Nunomura, 1983 Ligidium schultzi Recuero & Caterino, 2025 Ligidium scottensis Schultz, 1970 Ligidium shadini Borutzky, 1948 Ligidium sichuanensis Nunomura, 2002 Ligidium tauricum Verhoeff, 1930 Ligidium turcicorum Verhoeff, 1949 Ligidium tridentatum Li, 2022 Ligidium werneri Strouhal, 1937 Ligidium whiteoak Recuero & Caterino, 2025 Ligidium zaitzevi Borutzky, 1950 Ligidium zernovi Borutzky, 1948
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