Species list, Checklist of Suborder Oniscidea (Woodlice) for Orkney Islands (Northern Isles, United Kingdom)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Suborder Oniscidea Latreille, 1802 (Woodlice)
and region Orkney Islands (Northern Isles, United Kingdom)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	57 80 119	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	56 79 118	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Peracarida Calman, 1904	34 48 64	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Isopoda Latreille, 1817 And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod	12 15 18	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Oniscidea Latreille, 1802 Woodlice	6 6 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Orkney Islands
6 Families width 7 Species

Ligiidae Leach, 1814	Rock lice	1	Species	Taxom
Oniscidae Latreille, 1802	Sow Bugs	1	Species	Taxom
Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857	Woodlice	1	Species	Taxom
Platyarthridae Verhoeff, 1949	Woodlice	1	Species	Taxom
Porcellionidae Brandt & Rat..., 1831	Woodlice	2	Species	Taxom
Trichoniscidae G. O. Sars, 1899	Woodlice	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Orkney Islands
6 Genera with 7 Species

Ligia Fabricius, 1767	rock lice	1	Species	Taxom
Oniscus Linnaeus, 1758		1	Species	Taxom
Philoscia Latreille, 1763		1	Species	Taxom
Platyarthrus Brandt, 1924		1	Species	Taxom
Porcellio Latreille, 1818		2	Species	Taxom
Trichoniscus Brandt, 1833		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Orkney Islands
7 Species

Ligia oceanica Linnaeus, 1767	Common sea slater
Oniscus asellus Linnaeus, 1758	Common Shiny Woodlouse
Philoscia muscorum Scopoli, 1763	Common striped woodlouse
Platyarthrus acropyga Chopra, 1924
Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804	Common rough woodlouse
Porcellio spinicornis Say, 1818	Brickwork Woodlouse
Trichoniscus pusillus Brandt, 1833	Common pygmy woodlouse

Subnodes of Oniscidea with occurrences in Orkney Islands

Infraorder

Ligiamorpha
Vandel, 1943

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Links, sources and further information

Oniscidea at artfakta.se
Oniscidea at biodiversity.org.au
Oniscidea at itis.gov
Oniscidea at marinespecies.org