Philosciidae is a family of woodlice. They occur almost everywhere on earth, with most species found in (sub)tropical America, Africa and Oceania, and only a few in the Holarctic realm.
Genera
Philosciidae contains the following genera:
- Abebaioscia <small>Vandel, 1973</small> - Panniki Cave, Nullarbor Plain, South Australia (monotypic)
- Adeloscia <small>Vandel, 1977</small> - New Zealand (monotypic)
- Alboscia <small>Schultz, 1995</small> - Paraguay, southern Brazil (3 species)
- Anaphiloscia <small>Racovitza, 1907</small> - Northwestern Mediterranean (2 species)
- Anchiphiloscia <small>Stebbing, 1908</small> - Eastern Africa, Madagascar, Andaman Islands, Chagos Archipelago (18 species)
- Andenoniscus <small>Verhoeff, 1951</small> - Peru, Panama (2 species)
- Andricophiloscia <small>Vandel, 1973</small> - Eastern New Guinea (monotypic)
- Androdeloscia <small>Leistikow, 1999</small> - Tropical America (17 species)
- Aphiloscia <small>Budde-Lund, 1908</small> - Eastern, southern Africa, Madagascar, islands of western Indian Ocean (19 species)
- Aquitanoscia <small>Broly, de Lourdes Serrano-Sánchez, RodrÃÂguez-GarcÃÂa & Vega, 2017</small>
- Araucoscia <small>Verhoeff, 1939</small> - Chile: Calbuco Island (monotypic)
- Arcangeloscia <small>Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978</small> - Cameroon, Congo, Malawi (7 species)
- Archaeoscia <small>Vandel, 1973</small> - Cuba (monotypic)
- Arhina <small>Budde-Lund, 1904</small>
- Ashtonia <small>Vandel, 1974</small> - Australia (monotypic)
- Atlantoscia <small>Ferrara & Taiti, 1981</small> - Ascension Island, Florida, Brazil, Argentina, St. Helena (2 species)
- Australophiloscia <small>Green, 1990</small> - Australia, Hawaii, Tonga, Nomuka Iki Islands (3 species)
- Baconaoscia <small>Vandel, 1981</small> - Cuba (monotypic)
- Barnardetia <small>Xing & Chen, 2013 - formerly Perinetia Barnard, 1959</small> - Madagascar (monotypic)
- Barnardoscia <small>Taiti & Ferrara, 1982</small> - South Africa (2 species)
- Benthana <small>Budde-Lund, 1908</small> - Brazil, Paraguay (15 species)
- Benthanoides <small>Lemos de Castro, 1959</small> - Peru, Chile (3 species)
- Benthanops <small>Barnard, 1932</small> - South Africa (monotypic)
- Benthanoscia <small>Lemos de Castro, 1958</small> - Brazil (monotypic)
- Burmoniscus <small>Collinge, 1914</small> - Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma, China, Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Cameroon, Sao Tomé, Mozambique, Somalia, Pacific islands (65 species)
- Caraiboscia <small>Vandel, 1968</small> - Galapagos, Venezuela (2 species)
- Chaetophiloscia <small>Verhoeff, 1908</small> - Mediterranean (9 to 20 species)
- Colombophiloscia <small>Vandel, 1968</small> - Cuba (3 species)
- Congophiloscia <small>Arcangeli, 1950</small> - Guinea Bissau, Cameroon, Angola, Annobon Island (4 species)
- Ctenoscia <small>Verhoeff, 1928</small> - Western Mediterranean (2 species)
- Cubanophiloscia <small>Vandel, 1973</small> - Cuba (monotypic)
- Dekanoscia <small>Verhoeff, 1936</small> - India, cave (monotypic)
- Didima <small>Budde-Lund, 1908</small> - Madagascar (monotypic)
- Ecuadoroniscus <small>Vandel, 1968</small> - Ecuador (monotypic)
- Erophiloscia <small>Vandel, 1972</small> - Colombia, Ecuador (4 species)
- Eurygastor <small>Vandel, 1973</small> - Australia (2 species)
- Floridoscia <small>Schultz and C. Johnson, 1984</small> - Southern Florida (monotypic)
- Formicascia <small>Leistikow, 2001</small> - Guyana (monotypic)
- Gabunoscia <small>Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978</small> - Gabun (monotypic)
- Halophiloscia <small>Verhoff, 1908</small> - Mediterranean, Crimea, Bermuda, Canary Islands, USA, Argentina (6 or 7 species)
- Hawaiioscia <small>Schultz, 1973</small> - Hawaii (monotypic)
- Heroldia <small>Verhoeff, 1926</small> - New Caledonia (6 species)
- Hoctunus <small>Mulaik, 1960</small> - Mexico (monotypic)
- Huntonia <small>Vandel, 1973</small> - Australia (monotypic)
- Isabelloscia <small>Vandel, 1973</small> - Salomon Archipelago (monotypic)
- Ischioscia <small>Verhoeff, 1928</small> - South America (12 species)
- Javanoscia <small>Schultz, 1985</small> - Java (monotypic)
- Jimenezia <small>Vandel, 1973</small> - Cuba (monotypic)
- Laevophiloscia <small>Wahrberg, 1922</small> - Western Australia (9 species)
- Leonardoscia <small>Campos-Filho, Araujo & Taiti, 2014</small> - Brazil (monotypic)
- Leonoscia <small>Ferrara & Schmalfuss, 1985</small> - Sierra Leone (monotypic)
- Lepidoniscus <small>Verhoeff, 1908</small> - Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Northern Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Yugoslavia (4 species)
- Leptophiloscia <small>Herold, 1931</small>
- Leucophiloscia <small>Vandel, 1973</small> - New Guinea (monotypic)
- Littorophiloscia <small>Hatch, 1947</small>
- Loboscia <small>Schmidt, 1998</small> - Malaysia (monotypic)
- Metaprosekia <small>Leistikow, 2000</small> - Venezuela (monotypic)
- Metriogaster <small>Vandel, 1974</small> - Australia (monotypic)
- Microphiloscia <small>Vandel, 1973</small> - Cuba (monotypic)
- Mirtana <small>Leistikow, 1997</small> - Costa Rica (monotypic)
- Nahia <small>Budde-Lund</small> - South Africa (monotypic)
- Nataloniscus <small>Ferrara & Taiti, 1985</small> - South Africa (monotypic)
- Natalscia <small>Verhoeff, 1942</small>
- Nesoniscus <small>Verhoeff, 1926</small> - New Caledonia (2 species)
- Nesophiloscia <small>Vandel, 1968</small> - Galapagos (monotypic)
- Okeaninoscia <small>Vandel, 1977</small> - Kermadec Archipelago (monotypic)
- Oniscomorphus <small>Jackson, 1938</small> - Rapa Nui (monotypic)
- Oniscophiloscia <small>Wahrberg, 1922</small> - Juan Fernández Islands and adjacent coast of Chile (4 species)
- Oreades <small>Vandel, 1968</small> - Ecuador (monotypic)
- Oroscia <small>Verhoeff, 1926</small> - New Caledonia (2 species)
- Oxalaniscus <small>Leistikow, 2000</small> - Mexico (monotypic)
- Pacroscia <small>Vandel, 1981</small>
- Palaioscia <small>Vandel, 1973</small> - New Guinea (monotypic)
- Papuaphiloscia <small>Vandel, 1970</small> - Bismarck Archipelago, China, Guadalcanal, Hawaii, New Guinea, Japan, New Zealand (1monotypic)
- Parachaetophiloscia <small>Cruz & Dalens, 1990</small> - Spain (monotypic)
- Paractenoscia <small>Taiti & Rossano, 2015</small> - Morocco (monotypic)
- Paraguascia <small>Schultz, 1995</small> - Paraguay (monotypic)
- Parapacroscia <small>Vandel, 1981</small> - Cuba (monotypic)
- Paraphiloscia <small>Stebbing, 1900</small> - Solomon Islands, Samoa, New Guinea (9 species)
- Parischioscia <small>Lemos de Castro, 1967</small> - Guiana (monotypic)
- Pentoniscus <small>Richardson, 1913</small> - Costa Rica (4 species)
- Philoscia <small>Latreille, 1804</small> - Europe, Mediterranean (ca. 10 species)
- Philoscina <small>Ferrara & Taiti, 1985</small> - South Africa (3 species)
- Platyburmoniscus <small>Schmidt, 2000</small> - Sri Lanka (monotypic)
- Platycytoniscus <small>Herold, 1931</small> - Flores, Sri Lanka (2 species)
- Pleopodoscia <small>Verhoeff, 1942</small> - East Africa (6 species)
- Plumasicola <small>Vandel, 1981</small> - Cuba (monotypic)
- Plymophiloscia <small>Wahrberg, 1922</small> - Australia, Tasmania (8 species)
- Portoricoscia <small>Leistikow, 1999</small> - Puerto Rico (monotypic)
- Prosekia <small>Vandel, 1968</small> - Venezuela (monotypic)
- Pseudophiloscia <small>Budde-Lund, 1904</small> - Chile (3 species)
- Pseudosetaphora <small>Ferrara & Taiti, 1986</small> - Seychelles (monotypic)
- Pseudotyphloscia <small>Verhoeff, 1928</small> - Sulawesi, West Java, Taiwan (monotypic)
- Pulmoniscus <small>Leistikow, 2001</small> - Brazil (2 species)
- Puteoscia <small>Vandel, 1981</small> - Cuba (monotypic)
- Quintanoscia <small>Leistikow, 2000</small> - Mexico (monotypic)
- Roraimoscia <small>Leistikow, 2001</small> - Brazil (monotypic)
- Rostrophiloscia <small>Arcangeli, 1932</small> - Dominica (monotypic)
- Sechelloscia <small>Taiti & Ferrara, 1980</small> - Seychelles (monotypic)
- Serendibia <small>Manicastri & Taiti, 1987</small> - Sri Lanka (monotypic)
- Setaphora <small>Budde-Lund, 1908</small>
- Sinhaloscia <small>Manicastri & Taiti, 1987</small> - Sri Lanka (monotypic)
- Stenophiloscia <small>Verhoeff, 1908</small> - Dalmatia, Greece, Italy (6 species)
- Stenopleonoscia <small>Herold, 1931</small>
- Stephenoscia <small>Vandel, 1977</small> - New Zealand (monotypic)
- Sulesoscia <small>Vandel, 1973</small> - Cuba (monotypic)
- Tenebrioscia <small>Schultz, 1985</small> - Java (monotypic)
- Thomasoniscus <small>Vandel, 1981</small> - Cuba (monotypic)
- Tiroloscia <small>Verhoeff, 1926</small> - Italy, Spain (9 species)
- Togoscia <small>Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978</small> - Togo (monotypic)
- Tongoscia <small>Dalens, 1988</small> - Tonga (monotypic)
- Trichophiloscia <small>Arcangeli, 1950</small> - Sardinia (monotypic)
- Troglophiloscia <small>Brian, 1929</small> - Cuba, Mexico, Belize (3 species)
- Tropicana <small>Manicastri & Taiti, 1987</small> - Hawaii, Sri Lanka, Comoro Islands, Cameroon (monotypic)
- Tropiscia <small>Vandel, 1968</small>
- Uluguroscia <small>Taiti & Ferrara, 1980</small> - Ecuador (monotypic)
- Vandelia <small>Kammerer, 2006</small> (replacement name for Verhoeffiella <small>Vandel, 1970</small>) - New Caledonia (monotypic)
- Vandelophiloscia <small>Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1978</small> - Ivory Coast (monotypic)
- Verhoeffiella <small>Vandel, 1970</small>
- Wahrbergia <small>Verhoeff, 1926</small> - New Caledonia (monotypic)
- Xiphoniscus <small>Vandel, 1968</small> - Ecuador (monotypic)
- Yaerikima <small>Leistikow, 2001</small> - Guyana (monotypic)
- Zebrascia <small>Verhoeff, 1942</small> - Ivory Coast, Bioko, Cameroon (2 species)
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