Armadillo officinalis (8722303565) (cropped)

Armadillidae is a family of

woodlice A woodlouse (plural woodlice) is an isopod crustacean from the polyphyleticThe current consensus is that Oniscidea is actually triphyletic suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda. They get their name from often being found in old wood. ...

(Oniscidea; terrestrial

crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...

s), 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 Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, an ...

. Armadillids generally have a strongly convex body shape, with some rather shallowly convex. Like members of the woodlice family

Armadillidiidae Armadillidiidae is a family of woodlice, a terrestrial crustacean group in the order Isopoda. Unlike members of some other woodlice families, members of this family can roll into a ball, an ability they share with the outwardly similar but unr ...

, armadillids are capable of enrolling into a sphere (conglobation), and are commonly known as pill bugs. Armadillids differ from the Armadillidiidae in that the antennae are fully enclosed within the sphere. Species of Armadillidae occur in a variety of habitats including forests, savannas, and arid regions. Armadillids occur natively in the

Afrotropics The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

, Asia, Australia, the

Neotropics The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropics, tropical Ecoregion#Terrestrial, terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperat ...

, and the Mediterranean region of Europe. A few poorly-known species occur in North America north of Mexico, and some are introduced. The family Armadillidae was erected by German naturalist

Johann Friedrich von Brandt Johann Friedrich von Brandt (25 May 1802 – 15 July 1879) was a German-Russian natural history, naturalist, who worked mostly in Russia. Brandt was born in Jüterbog and educated at a Gymnasium (school), gymnasium in Wittenberg and the Humboldt ...

in 1831, although the earliest named genus now assigned to the family is ''Armadillo'', described by French zoologist

André Marie Constant Duméril André Marie Constant Duméril (1 January 1774 – 14 August 1860) was a French zoologist. He was professor of anatomy at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle from 1801 to 1812, when he became professor of herpetology and ichthyology. His ...

in 1816. The German zoologist

Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff Karl (or Carl) Wilhelm Verhoeff (25 November 1867 – 6 December 1944) was a German myriapodology, myriapodologist and entomology, entomologist, specialising in myriapods (millipedes, centipedes, and related species) as well as woodlouse, woodlice ...

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. *'' Acanthodillo'' Verhoeff, 1926 *'' Acanthoniscus'' Kinahan, 1859 *'' Aethiopodillo'' Verhoeff, 1942 *'' Akermania'' Collinge, 1919 *'' Anchicubaris'' Collinge, 1920 *'' Annobodillo'' Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983 *'' Anthrodillo'' Verhoeff, 1946 *''

Armadillo Armadillos (meaning "little armored ones" in Spanish) are New World placental mammals in the order Cingulata. The Chlamyphoridae and Dasypodidae are the only surviving families in the order, which is part of the superorder Xenarthra, along wi ...

'' Duméril, 1816 *'' Aulacodillo'' Verhoeff, 1942 *'' Australiodillo'' Verhoeff, 1926 *'' Barnardillo'' Arcangeli, 1934 *'' Barrowdillo ''Dalens, 1993 *'' Bethalus'' Budde-Lund, 1909 *'' Buddelundia'' Michaelsen, 1912 *'' Calendillo'' Dalens, 1993 *'' Calmanesia'' Collinge, 1922 *'' Chelomadillo'' Herold, 1931 *'' Coronadillo'' Vandel, 1977 *'' Cosmeodillo'' Vandel, 1972 *'' Cristarmadillo'' Arcangeli, 1950 *'' Ctenorillo'' Verhoeff, 1942 *''

Cubaris ''Cubaris'' is a genus of woodlice A woodlouse (plural woodlice) is an isopod crustacean from the polyphyleticThe current consensus is that Oniscidea is actually triphyletic suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda. They get their n ...

'' Brandt, 1834 *'' Cubaroides'' Vandel, 1973 *'' Cuckoldillo'' Lewis, 1998 *'' Diploexochus'' Brandt, 1833 *'' Dryadillo'' Taiti, Ferrara & Kwon, 1992 *'' Echinodillo'' Jackson, 1935 *'' Emydodillo'' Verhoeff, 1926 *'' Ethelumoris'' Richardson, 1907 *'' Feadillo'' Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983 *'' Filippinodillo'' Schmalfuss, 1987 *'' Formosillo'' Verhoeff, 1928 *'' Gabunillo'' Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983 *'' Globarmadillo'' Richardson, 1910 *''

Glomerulus ''Glomerulus'' () is a common term used in anatomy to describe globular structures of entwined vessels, fibers, or neurons. ''Glomerulus'' is the diminutive of the Latin ''glomus'', meaning "ball of yarn". ''Glomerulus'' may refer to: * the filter ...

'' Budde-Lund, 1904 *'' Hawaiodillo'' Verhoeff, 1926 *'' Hybodillo'' Herold, 1931 *'' Kimberleydillo'' Dalens, 1993 *'' Laureola'' Barnard, 1960 *'' Leucodillo'' Vandel, 1973 *'' Lobodillo'' Herold, 1931 *'' Merulana'' Budde-Lund, 1913 *'' Merulanella'' Verhoeff, 1926 *'' Mesodillo'' Verhoeff, 1926 *'' Myrmecodillo'' Arcangeli, 1934 *'' Nataldillo'' Verhoeff, 1942 *'' Neodillo'' Dalens, 1990 *'' Nesodillo'' Verhoeff, 1926 *'' Ochetodillo'' Verhoeff, 1926 *'' Orodillo'' Verhoeff, 1926 *'' Orthodillo'' Vandel, 1973 *'' Pachydillo'' Arcangeli, 1934 *'' Palaeoarmadillo'' George Poinar Jr, 2018 *'' Papuadillo'' Vandel, 1973 *'' Parakermania'' Vandel, 1973 *'' Paraxenodillo'' Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983 *'' Pericephalus'' Budde-Lund, 1909 *'' Polyacanthus'' Budde-Lund, 1909 *'' Pseudodiploexochus'' Arcangeli, 1934 *'' Pseudolaureola'' Kwon, Ferrara & Taiti, 1992 *'' Pseudolobodillo'' Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983 *'' Pyrgoniscus'' Kinahan, 1859 *'' Reductoniscus'' Kesselyak, 1930 *'' Rhodesillo'' Ferrara & Taiti, 1978 *'' Schismadillo'' Verhoeff, 1926 *'' Sinodillo'' Kwon & Taiti, 1993 *'' Sphaerillodillo'' Arcangeli, 1934 *'' Sphaerilloides'' Vandel, 1977 *'' Sphenodillo'' Lewis, 1998 *'' Spherillo'' Dana, 1853 *'' Stigmops'' Lillemets & Wilson, 2002 *'' Sumatrillo'' Herold, 1931 *'' Synarmadillo'' Dollfus, 1892 *'' Togarmadillo'' Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983 *'' Tongadillo'' Dalens, 1988 *'' Triadillo'' Vandel, 1973 *'' Tridentodillo'' Jackson, 1933 *'' Troglarmadillo'' Arcangeli, 1957 *'' Troglodillo'' Jackson, 1937 *'' Tuberillo'' Schultz, 1982 *'' Venezillo'' Verhoeff, 1928

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q4397268 Woodlice Crustacean families