Iuiuniscinae, Souza La, Ferreira Rl & Senna Ar, 2015

Souza La, Ferreira Rl & Senna Ar, 2015, Amphibious Shelter-Builder Oniscidea Species from the New World with Description of a New Subfamily, PLoS ONE 10 (5), pp. 1-18 : 5

Subfamily Iuiuniscinae subfam. nov.

Etymology

Subfamily name based on genus name.

Diagnosis

Large, amphibious troglobiotic Styloniscidae about 10 mm long; flexible body capable of folding; dorsal integument smooth or without ribs or large protrusions (versus with tubercles or longitudinal ribs in Notoniscinae and versus protrusions and lateral ribs in Kuscheloniscinae); enlarged coxal plates; pereopod 1 much shorter than the others, flanking the head; pleon-epimera 3–5 well developed (versus pleon-epimera 1–5 reduced in Styloniscinae and versus pleonepimera 3–5 very reduced in Kuscheloniscinae), forming acute tips; telson distal half is lower than the proximal half. This subfamily includes shelter-builder species.