Tags: Crustacean.
Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii is a species of woodlouse which is closely associated with ants’ nests particularly those of Lasius flavus Lasius niger and species of Myrmica where it feeds on ant droppings or mildew. It is white 4 millimetres (0.16 in) long and has a distinctive oval shape and short antennae. Its distribution appears to follow those of the ants with which it lives and the British Isles are the north-westerly limit of its range. Elsewhere P.
