''Ligidium'' is a
genus
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of
woodlice
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. It contains about 46 species, six of which are probably
taxonomic synonyms of ''
Ligidium hypnorum'' or ''
Ligidium germanicum''.
Of the remainder, eight species are found in North America, six in
Japan
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, two in
Taiwan
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, four in
China
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, 12 in
Turkey
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, the
Caucasus
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, and
Central Asia
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, and six in
Greece
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.
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Ligidium acutitelson''
Wang & Kwon, 1993
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Ligidium anatolicum''
Frankenberger, 1950
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Ligidium assimile''
Strouhal, 1971
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Ligidium beieri''
Strouhal, 1928
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Ligidium birsteini''
Borutzky, 1950
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Ligidium blueridgensis''
Schultz, 1964
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Ligidium bosniense''
Verhoeff, 1901
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Ligidium bosporanum''
Verhoeff, 1941
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Ligidium burmanicum''
Verhoeff, 1946
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Ligidium cavaticum''
Borutzky, 1950
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Ligidium cycladicum''
Matsakis, 1978
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Ligidium denticulatum''
Shen, 1949
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Ligidium elrodii''
(Packard, 1873)
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Ligidium euboicum''
Matsakis, 1975
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Ligidium floridanum''
Schultz & Johnson, 1984
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Ligidium formosanum''
Wang & Kwon, 1993
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Ligidium fragile
''Ligidium'' is a genus of woodlice. It contains about 46 species, six of which are probably Synonym (taxonomy), taxonomic synonyms of ''Ligidium hypnorum'' or ''Ligidium germanicum''. Of the remainder, eight species are found in North America, s ...
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Budde-Lund, 1885
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Ligidium germanicum''
Verhoeff, 1901
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Ligidium ghigii''
Arcangeli, 1928
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Ligidium gracile''
(Dana, 1854)
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Ligidium hoberlandti''
Frankenberger, 1950
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Ligidium hypnorum''
(Cuvier, 1792)
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Ligidium inerme''
Nunomura & Xie, 2000
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Ligidium intermedium''
Radu, 1950
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Ligidium iyoense''
Nunomura, 1983
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Ligidium japonicum''
Verhoeff, 1918
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Ligidium jiushai''
Tang & Zhou, 1999
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Ligidium kiyosumiense''
Nunomura, 1983
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Ligidium kofoidi''
Maloney, 1930
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Ligidium koreanum''
Flasarová, 1972
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Ligidium lapetum''
Mulaik & Mulaik, 1942
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Ligidium longisetosum''
Verhoeff & Strouhal, 1967
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Ligidium margaritae''
Borutzky, 1955
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Ligidium mimense''
Nunomura & Xie, 2000
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Ligidium mucronatum''
Mulaik & Mulaik, 1942
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Ligidium mylonasi''
Sfenthourakis, 1992
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Ligidium nodulosum''
Verhoeff, 1918
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Ligidium paulum''
Nunomura, 1976
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Ligidium riparum''
Verhoeff, 1943
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Ligidium ryukyuense''
Nunomura, 1983
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Ligidium shadini''
Borutzky, 1948
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Ligidium tauricum''
Verhoeff, 1930
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Ligidium turcicorum''
Verhoeff, 1949
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Ligidium werneri''
Strouhal, 1937
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Ligidium zaitzevi''
Borutzky, 1950
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Ligidium zernovi''
Borutzky, 1948
References
Woodlice
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