Factsheet Index
The following check-list includes species currently described from New Zealand. There is likely to be a multitude of species yet undescribed. The check-list is compiled from SCHMALFUSS (2003) "World catalogue of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea)". Click on the species name to read the factsheet and see illustrations (not available for all species). Unless marked as adventive, all species are native to New Zealand.
Family LIGIIDAE
- Ligia exotica Roux, 1828 // there has been no verification of this record (HURLEY 1950)
- Ligia novi-zealandiae (Dana, 1853)
Family TYLIDAE
Family TRICHONISCIDAE
- Haplophthalmus danicus Budde-Lund, 1877 // adventive
Family
STYLONISCIDAE
- Styloniscus commensalis (Chilton, 1910)
- Styloniscus kermadecensis (Chilton, 1911)
- Styloniscus magellanicus Dana, 1853 // VANDEL (1977) does not list it as a NZ species
- Styloniscus otakensis (Chilton, 1901)
- Styloniscus phormianus (Chilton, 1901)
- Styloniscus thomsoni (Chilton, 1885)
- Styloniscus verrucosus (Budde-Lund, 1906)
- Notoniscus australis (Chilton, 1909)
- Notoniscus helmsii (Chilton, 1901)
Family SCYPHACIDAE
- Actaecia euchroa Dana, 1853
- Actaecia ophiensis Chilton, 1901 // rare species
- Scyphax ornatus Dana, 1853
Family DETONIDAE
- Deto aucklandiae (Thomson, 1879)
- Deto bucculenta (Nicolet, 1849)
- Scyphoniscus magnus Chilton, 1909
- Scyphoniscus waitatensis Chilton, 1901
Family PORCELLIONIDAE
- Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804 // adventive
- Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, 1833) // adventive
Family ARMADILLIDIIDAE
- Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804) // adventive
- Eluma caelatum (Miers, 1877) // adventive
Family
ONISCIDAE
- Phalloniscus armatus Bowley, 1935
- Phalloniscus bifidus Vandel, 1977
- Phalloniscus bowleyi Vandel, 1977
- Phalloniscus chiltoni Bowley, 1935
- Phalloniscus forsteri Vandel, 1977
- Phalloniscus kenepurensis (Chilton, 1901)
- Phalloniscus lamellatus Vandel, 1977
- Phalloniscus minimus Vandel, 1977
- Phalloniscus montanus Vandel, 1977
- Phalloniscus occidentalis Vandel, 1977
- Phalloniscus propinquus Vandel, 1977
- Phalloniscus punctatus (Thomson, 1879) // nomen dubium (VANDEL 1977, p.12)
- Phalloniscus cooki (Filhol, 1885) // nomen dubium (VANDEL 1977, p. 12)
Family
PHILOSCIIDAE
- Adeloscia dawsoni Vandel, 1977
- Okeaninoscia oliveri (Chilton, 1911)
- "Papuaphiloscia" hurleyi Vandel, 1977
- "Papuaphiloscia" proxima Vandel, 1977
- "Philoscia" novaezelandiae Filhol, 1885
- "Philoscia" pubescens (Dana, 1853)
- Pseudophiloscia brevicornis Budde-Lund, 1912
- Pseudophiloscia fragilis (Budde-Lund, 1904)
- Stephenoscia bifrons Vandel, 1977
Family
ARMADILLIDAE
- "Acanthodillo" spinosus (Dana, 1853)
- Coronadillo hamiltoni (Chilton, 1901)
- Coronadillo milleri (Chilton, 1917)
- Coronadillo suteri (Chilton, 1915)
- Cubaris ambitiosa (Budde-Lund, 1885)
- Cubaris minima Vandel, 1977
- Cubaris murina Brandt, 1833
- "Cubaris" tarangensis (Budde-Lund, 1904)
- "Merulana" chathamensis (Budde-Lund, 1904)
- Pseudodiploexochus watti (Vandel, 1977)
- "Sphaerilloides" antipodum Vandel, 1977 // TAITI et al. (1998) synonymised Sphaerilloides with Spherillo
- "Sphaerilloides" invisibilis Vandel, 1977
- "Sphaerilloides" macmahoni (Chilton, 1901)
- "Sphaerilloides" minimus Vandel, 1977
- "Sphaerilloides" rugulosus (Miers, 1876)
- "Sphaerilloides" tuberculatus Vandel, 1977
- "Spherillo" aucklandicus (Budde-Lund, 1885) // possibly a synonym of S. monolinus
- "Spherillo" bipunctatus Budde-Lund, 1904
- "Spherillo" brevis Budde-Lund, 1904
- "Spherillo" danae Heller, 1865
- "Spherillo" marginatus Budde-Lund, 1904
- "Spherillo" monolinus Dana, 1853
- "Spherillo" rufomarginatus Budde-Lund, 1904
- "Spherillo" setaceus Budde-Lund, 1904
- "Spherillo" speciosus (Dana, 1853)
- "Spherillo" squamatus Budde-Lund, 1904