Ligidium

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Ligidium is a genus of woodlice. It contains about 68 species, six of which are probably taxonomic synonyms of Ligidium hypnorum or Ligidium germanicum. Of the remainder, 18 species are found in North America, six in Japan, two in Taiwan, four in China, 12 in Turkey, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, and six in Greece. The following is an incomplete list of Ligidium species: *Ligidium acuminatum Li, 2022 *Ligidium acutitelson Wang & Kwon, 1993 *Ligidium anatolicum Frankenberger, 1950 *Ligidium assimile Strouhal, 1971 *Ligidium beieri Strouhal, 1928 *Ligidium birsteini Borutzky, 1950 *Ligidium blueridgensis Schultz, 1964 *Ligidium bosniense Verhoeff, 1901 *Ligidium bosporanum Verhoeff, 1941 *Ligidium burmanicum Verhoeff, 1946 *Ligidium cavaticum Borutzky, 1950 *Ligidium chatoogaensis Schultz, 1970 *Ligidium cycladicum Matsakis, 1978 *Ligidium denticulatum Shen, 1949 *Ligidium duospinatum Li, 2022 *Ligidium elrodii (Packard, 1873) *Ligidium enotahensis Recuero & Caterino, 2025 *Ligidium euboicum Matsakis, 1975 *Ligidium floridanum Schultz & Johnson, 1984 *Ligidium formosanum Wang & Kwon, 1993 *Ligidium fragile Budde-Lund, 1885 *Ligidium gadalutsi Recuero & Caterino, 2025 *Ligidium germanicum Verhoeff, 1901 *Ligidium ghigii Arcangeli, 1928 *Ligidium gracile (Dana, 1854) *Ligidium hancockensis Schultz, 1970 *Ligidium hoberlandti Frankenberger, 1950 *Ligidium hypnorum (Cuvier, 1792) *…

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