Armadillidiidae - wikipedia Armadillidiidae Not to be confused with Armadillidae. `` Pillbugs '' redirects here. For the band, see The Pillbugs. Armadillidiidae Armadillidium vulgare walking ( above ) and in defensive posture ( below ) Scientific classification Kingdom : Animalia Clade : Euarthropoda Subphylum : Crustacea Class : Malacostraca Superorder : Peracarida Order : Isopoda Suborder : Oniscidea Section : Crinocheta Family : Armadillidiidae Brandt, 1833 Armadillidiidae is a family of woodlice, a terrestrial crustacean group in the order Isopoda. Unlike members of other woodlouse families, members of this family can roll into a ball, an ability they share with the outwardly similar but unrelated pill millipedes and other animals. This ability gives woodlice in this family their common names of pill bugs, roly polies, and doodle bugs. The best known species in the family is Armadillidium vulgare, the common pill bug. The roly polies are not native to the Americas, but instead were introduced from Europe. Contents 1 Ecology and behaviour 2 Classification 3 References 4 External links Ecology and behaviour Pill bugs in the family Armadillidiidae are able to form their bodies into a ball shape, in a process known as conglobation. This behaviour is shared with pill millipedes ( which are often confused with pill bugs ), armadillos, and cuckoo wasps. It may be triggered by stimuli such as vibrations or pressure, and is a key defense against predation ; it may also reduce respiratory water losses. The diet of pill bugs is largely made up of decaying or decomposed plant matter such as leaves, and to a lesser extent, wood fibers. Pill bugs will also eat living plants, especially in wet conditions, sometimes consuming leaves, stems, shoots, roots, tubers, and fruits. Pill bugs can be serious pests in certain agricultural systems, particularly in areas that are prone to heavy rains and flood conditions. Pill bugs will feed on numerous crop plants including corn, beans, squash, peas, melon, chard, beet, cucumber, potato, spinach, lettuce, and strawberry, with potential for significant yield loss in strawberry in particular. Some species of pill bugs are known to eat decaying animal flesh or feces. Pill bugs contribute to their ecosystem as decomposers. They also provide a food source for birds, toads, spiders, wasps, and centipedes. Classification The family Armadillidiidae is differentiated from other woodlouse families by the two - segmented nature of the antennal flagellum, by the form of the uropods, and by the ability to roll into a ball. Within the family Armadillidiidae, 15 genera are currently recognized : Alloschizidium Armadillidium Ballodillium Cristarmadillidium Cyphodillidium Echinarmadillidium Eleoniscus Eluma Paraschizidium Paxodillidium Platanosphaera Schizidium Trichodillidium Troglarmadillidium Typhlarmadillidium References Jump up ^ Gordon Gordh & David H. Headrick ( 2011 ). `` Common pillbug ''. A Dictionary of Entomology ( 2nd ed. ). CAB International. p. 343. ISBN 9781845935429. Jump up ^ Kenn Kaufman & Kimberly Kaufman ( 2012 ). Kaufman Field Guide to Nature of New England. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 364. ISBN 9780618456970. Jump up ^ `` Pill millipede ( Glomeris marginata ) ''. ARKive. Retrieved June 21, 2007. Jump up ^ Edward M. Barr ( 2001 ). Animal behavior desk reference : a dictionary of animal behavior, ecology, and evolution ( 2nd ed. ). CRC Press. p. 142. ISBN 978 - 0 - 8493 - 2005 - 7. Jump up ^ Jacob T. Smigel & Allen G. Gibbs ( 2008 ). `` Conglobation in the pill bug, Armadillidium vulgare, as a water conservation mechanism '' ( PDF ). Journal of Insect Science. 8 ( 44 ) : 1 -- 9. doi : 10.1673 / 031.008. 4401. PMC 3127403. PMID 20233103. ^ Jump up to : `` What Do Pill Bugs Eat ? ''. Orkin.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018. Jump up ^ P.J. Hayward & John Stanley Ryland ( 1995 ). `` Crustaceans ''. Handbook of the marine fauna of north - west Europe. Oxford University Press. pp. 289 -- 461. ISBN 978 - 0 - 19 - 854055 - 7. Jump up ^ Marilyn Schotte ( 2012 ). Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD, eds. `` Armadillidiidae ''. World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 26, 2012. External links Data related to Armadillidiidae at Wikispecies Regional maps for the most common American names for this isopod can be found in the results for question 74 of the Harvard Dialect Survey Taxon identifiers Wikidata : Q1315837 Wikispecies : Armadillidiidae BugGuide : 15961 EoL : 7247 Fauna Europaea : 14849 Fossilworks : 350854 GBIF : 4572 iNaturalist : 48296 IRMNG : 110166 ITIS : 93248 NBN : NHMSYS0021050610 NCBI : 37810 NZOR : 09b11874 - cb84 - 45a3 - a3a4 - 72c48f025775 WoRMS : 148639 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armadillidiidae&oldid=854034818 '' Categories : Woodlice Hidden categories : Articles with ' species ' microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Wikispecies Cebuano Diné bizaad Español فارسی Français Italiano עברית Nederlands Norsk Plattdüütsch Simple English Svenska Tiếng Việt Winaray 6 more Edit links This page was last edited on 8 August 2018, at 14 : 31 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: what is the real name for rollie pollies
Answer: Armadillidiidae