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Armadillidae
Venezillo parvus
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Armadillidae

Brandt, 1831
Type genus
Armadillo
Duméril, 1816
Diversity
c. 80 genera, 700 species
Synonyms

Cubaridae Brandt, 1833

Armadillo officinalis, Spain
Barrowdillo pseudopyrgoniscus, Barrow Island, Australia
Cubaris insularis, Java, Indonesia

Armadillidae is a family of woodlice (Oniscidea; terrestrial crustaceans), comprising around 80 genera and 700 species. It is the largest family of Oniscidea, and one of the most species-rich families of the entire Isopoda.[1][2] Armadillids generally have a strongly convex body shape, with some rather shallowly convex.[3] Like members of the woodlice family Armadillidiidae, armadillids are capable of enrolling into a sphere (conglobation), and are commonly known as pill bugs.[4][5] Armadillids differ from the Armadillidiidae in that the antennae are fully enclosed within the sphere.[6]

Species of Armadillidae occur in a variety of habitats including forests, savannas, and arid regions. Armadillids occur natively in the Afrotropics, Asia, Australia, the Neotropics, and the Mediterranean region of Europe.[7] A few poorly-known species occur in North America north of Mexico, and some are introduced.[8][9]

The family Armadillidae was erected by German naturalist Johann Friedrich von Brandt in 1831, although the earliest named genus now assigned to the family is Armadillo, described by French zoologist André Marie Constant Duméril in 1816. The German zoologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff described nearly one quarter of currently recognized genera (17).

Genera

Each genus listed below is followed by the author citation, the biologist(s) who first coined the genus, and the year of its publication.

References

  1. ^ Schotte, M. (2015). Schotte, M.; Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S.; Wilson, G.D.F. (eds.). "Armadillidae Brandt, 1831". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  2. ^ Ahyong, S.T.; Lowry, J.K.; Alonso, M.; Bamber. R.N.; Boxshall. G.A.; Castro, P.; Gerken, S.; Karaman, G.S.; Goy, J.W.; Jones, D.S.; Meland, K.; Rogers, D.C.; Svavarsson, J. (2011). "Subphylum Crustacea Brünnich, 1772". In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. pp. 165–191. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Gary C. B. Poore (2002). Crustacea: Malacostraca : Syncardia, Peracardia : Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacea. Csiro Publishing. pp. 286–302. ISBN 978-0-643-06901-5.
  4. ^ Hale, Herbert H. (1929). The Crustaceans of South Australia (PDF).
  5. ^ Charles Leonard Hogue (1993). Latin American Insects and Entomology. University of California Press. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-0-520-07849-9.
  6. ^ Little, Colin (1983). The Colonisation of Land: Origins and Adaptations of Terrestrial Animals. Cambridge University Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-521-25218-8.
  7. ^ Taiti, Stefano; Paoli, Pasquino; Ferrara, Franco (1998). "Morphology, biogeography, and ecology of the family Armadillidae (Crustacea, Oniscidea)". Israel Journal of Zoology. 44 (3–4): 291–301. doi:10.1080/00212210.1998.10688952.
  8. ^ Wright, Jonathan C. "Southern California Oniscidea". Pomona College. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  9. ^ Muchmore, William B. (1990). "Terrestrial Isopoda". In Dindal, Daniel L. (ed.). Soil Biology Guide. Chichester: John Wiley. pp. 805–817. ISBN 978-0471045519.