title: A new genus of Trachelipodidae Strouhal, 1953 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from the eastern Mediterranean.
abstract: Levantoniscus n. gen. is erected for two new species from Cyprus: Levantoniscus bicostulatus n. sp. and Levantoniscus makrisi n. sp. Levantoniscus wahrmani (Strouhal, 1968) n. comb. from Israel and southern Turkey is transferred from the genus Bathytropa Budde-Lund, 1885 and family Bathytropidae. The new genus is included in the family Trachelipodidae and is characterized by distinct dorsal ornamentation, interlocking pleopods and uncovered pleopodal lungs which are located in invaginations on pleopod 3-5 exopodites.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Laboratório de Carcinologia, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Agronomia, 91510-070 Porto Alegre, Brazil.; Email: jojomonticelli@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Giovanna Monticelli
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.affiliation: Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.; Email: stefano.taiti@ise.cnr.it.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taiti
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Panepistimiou ave. 1, P.O. Box 20537, 1678 Aglanztia, Nicosia, Cyprus.; Email: sfendour@ucy.ac.cy.
authors.forename: Spyros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sfenthourakis
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D003535:Cyprus; D033321:Isopoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D014421:Turkey