Hemilepistus is a genus of woodlice, first described by G. H. A. Budde-Lund in 1879 as a subgenus of Porcellio, but raised to the rank of genus by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1930. It contains the following species:
- Hemilepistus aphganicus <small>Borutzky, 1958</small>
- Hemilepistus buddelundi <small>Borutzky, 1945</small>
- Hemilepistus communis <small>Borutzky, 1945</small>
- Hemilepistus crenulatus <small>(Pallas, 1771)</small>
- Hemilepistus cristatus <small>Budde-Lund, 1885</small>
- Hemilepistus elongatus <small>Budde-Lund, 1885</small>
- Hemilepistus fedtschenkoi <small>(Uljanin, 1875)</small>
- Hemilepistus heptneri <small>Borutzky, 1945</small>
- Hemilepistus klugii <small>(Brandt, 1833)</small>
- Hemilepistus magnus <small>Borutzky, 1945</small>
- Hemilepistus nodosus <small>Budde-Lund, 1885</small>
- Hemilepistus pavlovskii <small>Borutzky, 1954</small>
- Hemilepistus reaumuri <small>(Milne-Edwards, 1840)</small>
- Hemilepistus reductus <small>Borutzky, 1945</small>
- Hemilepistus rhinoceros <small>Borutzky, 1958</small>
- Hemilepistus ruderalis <small>(Pallas, 1771)</small>
- Hemilepistus russonovae <small>Borutzky, 1951</small>
- Hemilepistus schirasi <small>Lincoln, 1970</small>
- Hemilepistus zachvatkini <small>Verhoeff, 1930</small>
The species are all endemic to Central Asia, except H. reaumuri, which is found from Syria to Algeria.
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