# Philosciidae

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