Eubelidae

Eubelidae can be distinguished from other oniscidean families by a combination of cephalic and pleonal characters, though precise diagnostic features require specialist examination. The family is placed within the section Crinocheta, which includes families with reduced or modified pleopodal lungs. Identification to family level typically requires examination of mouthpart morphology, pleon structure, and male reproductive appendages.

Tropical forest ecosystems, particularly moist forest floor environments. Members occupy leaf litter, decaying wood, and soil microhabitats. Some genera show adaptations to arid conditions, including species found in the Arabian Peninsula.

Primarily African tropical forests; secondary distributions in South-East Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. The family exhibits a relictual tropical distribution with notable gaps between major regions.

Members function as detritivores in forest floor food webs, contributing to decomposition of plant matter and nutrient cycling in tropical ecosystems.

• ArmadillidaeBoth families include pill-rolling woodlice, but Eubelidae differs in cephalic structure and pleonal morphology; Armadillidae is globally distributed and more diverse in temperate regions.
• ArmadillidiidaeAnother family with conglobating (pill-rolling) species, but distinguished by different antennal flagellum structure and uropod morphology.

• woodlice
• terrestrial isopods
• tropical forests
• detritivores
• Africa
• Asia
• Arabian Peninsula

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