Lirceus

Lirceus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Family:	Asellidae
Genus:	Lirceus Rafinesque, 1820 [1]
Type species
Lirceus fontinalis Rafinesque, 1820

Lirceus is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae that live in southern Canada and the eastern United States as far west as the Great Plains.[1] Of the 15 species in the genus,[2] two are listed as either endangered (EN) or vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List.

• Lirceus alabamae Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Alabama
• Lirceus bicuspidatus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Arkansas
• Lirceus bidentatus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Arkansas
• Lirceus brachyurus (Harger, 1876) – Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
• Lirceus culveri Estes & Holsinger, 1976 – Virginia [3] [4]
• Lirceus fontinalis Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1820 – Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee
• Lirceus garmani Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma
• Lirceus hargeri Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Tennessee, Virginia
• Lirceus hoppinae (Faxon, 1889) – Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma
• Lirceus lineatus (Say, 1818) – Canada, eastern United States
• Lirceus louisianae (Mackin & Hubricht, 1938) – Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana
• Lirceus megapodus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Missouri
• Lirceus richardsonae Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Ohio
• Lirceus trilobus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Oklahoma
• Lirceus usdagalun Holsinger & Bowman, 1973 – Virginia [5] [6]

References

1. Leslie Hubricht & J. G. Mackin (1949). "The freshwater isopods of the genus Lirceus (Asellota, Asellidae)". American Midland Naturalist. 42 (2): 334–349. doi:10.2307/2422012. JSTOR 2422012.
2. Marilyn Schotte (2009). M. Schotte; C. B. Boyko; N. L. Bruce; G. C. B. Poore; S. Taiti; G. D. F. Wilson (eds.). "Lirceus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1820". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
3. Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (2005). "Virginia's Northern Ridge and Valley". Virginia's comprehensive wildlife conservation strategy (PDF). Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
4. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Lirceus culveri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T12120A3322906. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T12120A3322906.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
5. John Holsinger & Wil Orndorff (Summer 2008). "Lee County Cave Isopod (Lirceus usdagulun). 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation" (PDF). United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
6. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Lirceus usdagalun". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T12121A3323005. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T12121A3323005.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.