Common Woodlouse Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804)
Fauna Portal species: 7974
Order: Isopoda (slaters)
Family: Armadillidiidae
Armadillidium vulgare female, lateral (HBI N19152-12; Carine, Western Australia)
Image: Alexander Greenhill (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 12788Diagnosis
Armdadillidium vulgare is the only species in the genus in Australia.
Status
- introduced
Linnean Type
Latreille (1804) does not provide any information on type material.
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Volker Framenau, 12 January 2026