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The taxonomic status even of families seems to be continuously changing, but it is still largely based on Vandel’s concepts (Vandel 1943, 1960). The taxonomic criterion used most often is the shape of the male’s genital apparatus (Fig. 1.1). Vandel recognized two main evolutionary lines (series): the Tylienne and the Ligienne. The first series includes only the Tylidae. All the remaining 20 families belong to the second series. These were arranged into 4 superfamilies: Styloniscoidea, Trichoniscoidea, Atracheata and Pseudotracheata (see Table 1.1). From an evolutionary point of view the most advanced forms seem to be the conglobating forms found in the Eubelidae, Armadillidae and Armadillidiidae (Table 2 in Vandel 1943).

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Warburg, M.R. (1993). Taxonomy. In: Evolutionary Biology of Land Isopods. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-21889-1_1

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