Hemilepistoides Borutzky, 1945

Kashani, Ghasem M., 2015, First record and redescription of the terrestrial isopod Hemilepistoidesmesserianus Borutzky, 1945 (Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Iran, ZooKeys 515, pp. 51-57 : 52

Taxon classification Animalia Isopoda Agnaridae

Genus Hemilepistoides Borutzky, 1945

Type species.

Hemilepistoides messerianus Borutzky, 1945

Diagnosis.

Body narrow and elongated, dorsal parts bearing rounded tubercles. Head with developed lateral lobes; frons with a distinct incision in the middle; no supra-antennal line. Antenna with flagellum of two articles, proximal segment longer than distal one. Pereon epimera I with rounded posterolateral margin. Pleotelson triangular with rounded apex and slightly concave sides. Male pereopods I-II with brushes of setae on sternal margin of merus and carpus; pereopod VII with sinuate sternal margin. Pleopod exopodites I-V with monospiracular covered lungs. Runner type according to the eco-morphological classification proposed by Schmalfuss (1984).

Remarks.

Among the members of the family Agnaridae , the genus Hemilepistoides is similar to the members of the subgenus Hemilepistus (Desertellio) , from which it differs in possessing tubercles also on all posterior parts of the body. The genus Hemilepistoides is a monotypical taxon with Hemilepistoides messerianus distributed in southern Turkmenistan and northern Iran.