Species Cylisticus convexus - Curly Woodlouse

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited

Cylisticus convexus? - Cylisticus convexus

Isopoda > Cylisticidae > Cylisticus - Cylisticus convexus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)

Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)

Superorder Peracarida (Marsupial Crustaceans)

Order Isopoda (Isopods)

No Taxon (Scutocoxifera)

Suborder Oniscidea (Woodlice)

Infraorder Holoverticata

No Taxon (Orthogonopoda)

No Taxon (Crinocheta)

Family Cylisticidae

Genus Cylisticus

Species convexus (Curly Woodlouse)

Size

8-15 mm

Identification

capable of rolling into a ball; dorsal surface dark, glossy, grayish-black, marked with pale translucent streaks; uropods extend beyond terminal abdominal segment; abdomen not abruptly narrower than thorax; flagellum of second antennae with 2 articles; banding of antennae absent or inconspicuous; tergites 3, 4, and 5 narrower than other tergites; 5 pairs of white lungs on underside of tail

Range

native to Europe, adventive in NA and now widespread in the eastern half of the continent from NF to SD(1)(2)(3)

Habitat

on the ground around homes or other buildings; nocturnal

Food

dead vegetation such as wood and leaf litter

Works Cited

1.	Checklist of the terrestrial isopods of the New World (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) Leistikow A., Wägele J.W. 1999. Rev. Bras. Zool. 16: 1‒72.

2.	The terrestrial isopods of Nebraska (Crustacea: Isopoda) W.F. Rapp. 2001. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 27.

3.	Wright J. (1997) Pillbugs

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 10 January, 2007 - 11:44pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 2 April, 2011 - 5:44pm

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