Stefano Taiti is an Italian isopod taxonomist who focuses on Oniscidea. He obtained the degree of Doctor in biology from the University of Florence. Taiti is currently an associate researcher at the Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystem of the Italian National Research Council in Florence. He is also a professor at the University of Florence. His main research interests are taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, functional morphology and ecology of terrestrial isopods.
Professional leadership Taiti is editor-in-chief of the Journal Tropical Zoology, an editor of Oniscidea submissions for the journal ZooKeys, and was an editor for the Oniscidea of the World Register of Marine Species until 2024. He was the vice-president of the International Society of Subterranean Biology from 2014 to 2016. He is also a member of several specialist groups including the Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group.
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Taiti has authored or co-authored over 200 scientific articles and 10 books including many foundational works in the field of isopod taxonomy. He has described 445 species and 65 genera of terrestrial isopods as of 2026.
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Selected academic publications
Eponyms Several isopod species have been named in honour of Taiti:
Burmoniscus taitii Kwon & Kim, 2002 Caucasocyphoniscus taitii Gongalsky, 2022 Exalloniscus taitii Li & Jiang, 2024 Stenasellus taitii Messana & Argano, 2019 Stygocyathura taitii Argano & Messana, 2019
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