''Soteriscus'' is a
genus of
woodlice in the family
Porcellionidae
Porcellionidae is a terrestrial family of the order Isopoda.
This family contains 530 species, found on every continent except Antarctica.
The ventral plate of the thoracic exoskeleton flare out slightly over the legs. This "flare" is called t ...
found in
Macaronesian islands and adjacent parts of
Europe and
Africa. It contains the following species:
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Soteriscus bremondi''
Vandel, 1960 –
Madeira
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Soteriscus brumdocantoi''
Vandel, 1960 – Madeira:
Porto Santo Island
Porto Santo Island () is a Portuguese island northeast of Madeira Island in the North Atlantic Ocean; it is the northernmost and easternmost island of the archipelago of Madeira, located in the Atlantic Ocean west of Europe and Africa.
The muni ...
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Soteriscus desertarum''
Vandel, 1960 – Madeira:
Desertas Islands
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Soteriscus disimilis''
Rodríguez, 1990 –
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
:
Lanzarote
Lanzarote (, , ) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located approximately off the north coast of Africa and from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering , Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of the i ...
,
Lobos Island and
Fuerteventura
Fuerteventura () is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, part of the North Africa region, and politically part of Spain. It is located away from the northwestern coast of Africa. The island was declared a biosphere reserve by UNES ...
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Soteriscus fructuosi''
Vandel, 1960 – Madeira: Porto Santo Island
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Soteriscus fuscovariegatus''
(Lucas, 1849) – northern
Algeria
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Soteriscus gaditanus''
Vandel, 1956 – southern
Spain:
Tarifa; northwestern
Morocco
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Soteriscus madeirae
''Soteriscus'' is a genus of woodlice in the family Porcellionidae found in Macaronesian islands and adjacent parts of Europe and Africa. It contains the following species:
*'' Soteriscus bremondi'' Vandel, 1960 – Madeira
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Arcangeli, 1958 – Madeira
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Soteriscus mateui''
Vandel, 1957 –
Cape Verde
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Soteriscus porcellioniformis''
Vandel, 1960 – Madeira: Porto Santo Island
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Soteriscus relictus''
Vandel, 1960 – Madeira: Islote de Desembarcadouro
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Soteriscus stricticauda''
(Dollfus, 1893) – western Canary Islands
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Soteriscus trilineatus''
Rodríguez & Vicente, 1992 – Canary Islands:
La Gomera
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Soteriscus virescens''
(Budde-Lund, 1885) – northwestern Morocco
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Soteriscus wollastoni''
(Paulian de Félice, 1939) – Madeira
References
Porcellionidae
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