Terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) of Slovakia: an annotated checklist, new records, and bibliography

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F25%3A00635792" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/25:00635792 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/61989592:15310/25:73628532

Result on the web

<a href="https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/125027/" target="_blank" >https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/125027/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1225.125027" target="_blank" >10.3897/zookeys.1225.125027</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) of Slovakia: an annotated checklist, new records, and bibliography

Original language description

Woodlice (terrestrial isopods) represent an unmissable, often very numerous components of macrosaprophages inhabiting soil, rocky environments, rotting wood and subterranean habitats, as well as the dwellings of various organisms, including humans. The paper provides a comprehensive summary of the literature on woodlice in Slovakia, including a list of species with unpublished data on two exotic species first recorded in Slovakia. Research on Slovakian terrestrial isopods has been documented in 213 papers (from 1794 to 2024) and 25 theses. To date, 48 species from 14 families have been recorded in Slovakia. Of these, 30 species are autochthonous, while 18 species have been introduced into anthropogenic habitats, with eight species found exclusively in greenhouses. The list also includes an analysis of habitat preferences, bioindicator potential, and biogeographic comments. Notably, two species, Buddelundiella cataractae and Reductoniscus costulatus, are recorded in Slovakia for the first time. Carpathian elements are sparsely distributed within the mosaic of well-preserved natural forests. Hyloniscus mariae is likely the only surface-dwelling endemic species in the northern parts of the Carpathian range. Other species, such as Hyloniscus transsilvanicus, Trichoniscus carpaticus and Trachelipus difficilis, have a broader distribution within the Carpathians. Additionally, Mesoniscus graniger, Orthometopon planum and a few other taxa reach their northern distribution limits in Slovakia. Current research is predominantly focused on the fauna of subterranean habitats and urbanized landscapes.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

ZooKeys

ISSN

1313-2989

e-ISSN

1313-2970

Volume of the periodical

neuveden

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1225

Country of publishing house

BG - BULGARIA

Number of pages

26

Pages from-to

77-102

UT code for WoS article

001423579200006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85219050673