Soteriscus

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:[2]

• Soteriscus bremondi Vandel, 1960 – Madeira
• Soteriscus brumdocantoi Vandel, 1960 – Madeira: Porto Santo Island
• Soteriscus desertarum Vandel, 1960 – Madeira: Desertas Islands
• Soteriscus disimilis Rodríguez, 1990 – Canary Islands: Lanzarote, Lobos Island and Fuerteventura
• Soteriscus fructuosi Vandel, 1960 – Madeira: Porto Santo Island
• Soteriscus fuscovariegatus (Lucas, 1849) – northern Algeria
• Soteriscus gaditanus Vandel, 1956 – southern Spain: Tarifa; northwestern Morocco
• Soteriscus madeirae Arcangeli, 1958 – Madeira
• Soteriscus mateui Vandel, 1957 – Cape Verde
• Soteriscus porcellioniformis Vandel, 1960 – Madeira: Porto Santo Island
• Soteriscus relictus Vandel, 1960 – Madeira: Islote de Desembarcadouro
• Soteriscus stricticauda (Dollfus, 1893) – western Canary Islands
• Soteriscus trilineatus Rodríguez & Vicente, 1992 – Canary Islands: La Gomera
• Soteriscus virescens (Budde-Lund, 1885) – northwestern Morocco
• Soteriscus wollastoni (Paulian de Félice, 1939) – Madeira

Soteriscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Oniscidea
Family:	Porcellionidae
Genus:	Soteriscus Vandel, 1956 [1]

References

1. "Soteriscus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
2. Helmut Schmalfuss (2003). "World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) – revised and updated version" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A. 654: 341 pp.