Niambia (genus)

Niambia is a genus of woodlice in the family Platyarthridae.[1] There are at least 20 described species in Niambia.[2][3][1]

Niambia
Sketches of Niambia termitophila, Annals of the South African Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Superorder:	Peracarida
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Oniscidea
Family:	Platyarthridae
Genus:	Niambia Budde-Lund, 1904

Species

These 23 species belong to the genus Niambia:[1][4]

• Niambia angusta Budde-Lund, 1909 ^{i c g}
• Niambia brevicauda Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978 ^{i c g}
• Niambia buddelundi Barnard, 1949 ^{i c g}
• Niambia capensis (Dollfus, 1895) ^{i c g b}
• Niambia damarensis (Panning, 1924) ^{i c g}
• Niambia duffeyi Ferrara & Taiti, 1981 ^{i c g}
• Niambia eburnea (Vandel, 1953) ^{i c g}
• Niambia flavescens Barnard, 1924 ^{i c g}
• Niambia formicarum Barnard, 1932 ^{i c g}
• Niambia griseoflava Barnard, 1924 ^{i c g}
• Niambia lata Barnard, 1932 ^{c g}
• Niambia longiantennata Taiti & Ferrara, 1991 ^{i c g}
• Niambia longicauda Barnard, 1924 ^{i c g}
• Niambia microps Barnard, 1932 ^{c g}
• Niambia modesta Budde-Lund, 1909 ^{i c g}
• Niambia pallida Budde-Lund, 1909 ^{i c g}
• Niambia palmetensis Vandel, 1959 ^{i c g}
• Niambia politus Omer-Cooper, 1924 ^{i g}
• Niambia senegalensis Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978 ^{i c g}
• Niambia septentrionalis Taiti & Ferrara, 2004 ^{c g}
• Niambia squamata (Budde-Lund, 1885) ^{i c g}
• Niambia termitophila Kensley, 1971 ^{i c g}
• Niambia truncata (Brandt, 1833) ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[5] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[6]

References

1. Niambia Budde-Lund, 1904. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 January 2019.
2. "Browse Niambia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
3. "Niambia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
4. Schmalfuss, H. (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea)" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde.
5. "Niambia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
6. "Niambia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.

Further reading

• Richter, Scholtz; Scholtz, G. (2001). "Phylogenetic analysis of the Malacostraca (Crustacea)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. Wiley Online Library. 39 (3): 113–136. doi:10.1046/j.1439-0469.2001.00164.x.
• Scholtz, Gerhard; Richter, Stefan (1995). "Phylogenetic systematics of the reptantian Decapoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Wiley Online Library. 113 (3): 289–328.
• Stebbing, Thomas Roscoe Rede (1893). A history of Crustacea: recent Malacostraca. D. Appleton.