taxonID	type	description	language	source
FA53DC60A4D552B48C1518C99CD9EC61.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Akermania paucispinosa Barnard, 1949, by original designation.	en	Zong, Zili, Wang, Yutao, Jiang, Chao, Li, Weichun (2026): Species of the genus Laureola (Isopoda, Armadillidae), with an identification key to world species. ZooKeys 1266: 345-351, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1266.174151
FA53DC60A4D552B48C1518C99CD9EC61.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Cephalon with a well-developed frontal shield. Body elliptic, bearing long spines or spiniform tubercles on dorsum. Pereonite 1 with bluntly round epimera, while pereonites 2 - 7 possess pointed epimera; ventral lobes present on pereonites 1, 2, and often 3. Pereopods elongated and fragile. Telson triangular except L. canberrensis (Vandel, 1973) and L. dubia Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983, which display rectangular distal portions. Uropod protopod typically triangular; exopod well-developed. Epimera of pleonites 3 – 5 with acutely pointed apical tips. All pleopodal exopods equipped with pleopodal lungs (see also Schmalfuss and Ferrara 1983).	en	Zong, Zili, Wang, Yutao, Jiang, Chao, Li, Weichun (2026): Species of the genus Laureola (Isopoda, Armadillidae), with an identification key to world species. ZooKeys 1266: 345-351, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1266.174151
FA53DC60A4D552B48C1518C99CD9EC61.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Afrotropical, Australian, and Oriental regions.	en	Zong, Zili, Wang, Yutao, Jiang, Chao, Li, Weichun (2026): Species of the genus Laureola (Isopoda, Armadillidae), with an identification key to world species. ZooKeys 1266: 345-351, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1266.174151
CC4C56C5DA6C51608D54D1BDEE4FDEEC.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Cephalon with frontal shield gently arched medially; pereopod 7 bearing a triangular process at distal tip of basis on sternal face; telson with a round distal tip.	en	Zong, Zili, Wang, Yutao, Jiang, Chao, Li, Weichun (2026): Species of the genus Laureola (Isopoda, Armadillidae), with an identification key to world species. ZooKeys 1266: 345-351, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1266.174151
CC4C56C5DA6C51608D54D1BDEE4FDEEC.taxon	description	Description. External morphology of adult (Fig. 1). Maximum body length 3.5 mm in males, 3.8 mm in females. Body elliptic, unable to roll up into endoantennal conglobation. Dorsal surface yellowish brown, with extensive yellowish-white areas on pereonites 3, 4, and 7. Dorsum bearing long spines arranged as follows: cephalon with 4 + 1; pereonite 1 with 2 + 7; pereonites 2 – 6 each with 7; pereonite 7 with 4; pleonites 3 – 5 and telson each with single median spine. Cephalon (Figs 1 A – C, 2 A – F). Frontal shield not protruding above vertex, gently arched medially. Eye composed of 10 – 12 ommatidia. Antennule with three articles, distal article with eight to ten superimposed aesthetascs near apex. Antenna bearing long spine at distal apex of fifth peduncular article; flagellum with second article (including apical organ) approximately eight times as long as first article, apical organ thin and long. Left mandible with three-toothed incisor, five penicils between hairy lobe and molar process; right mandible with two-toothed incisor, four penicils between hairy lobe and molar process. Maxillule with two unequal penicils on distal margin of inner lobe; outer lobe with eight apical teeth of various sizes. Maxilla bilobate apically, inner lobe smaller and bearing more setae than outer lobe. Maxilliped endite rectangular, apex with three setae; palp three-articled, basal article with two small setae, medial article with one large seta at inner distal angle of distal margin, distal article densely covered with hairy setae. Pereon (Figs 1 A-C, 2 G, H). Pereonite 1 with bluntly round epimera; pereonites 2 - 7 with pointed epimera. Ventral lobes present on pereonites 1 – 3. Pereopods without apparent sexual specializations; pereopod 1 basis thin and long, ischium concave on rostral face; pereopod 7 basis bearing small triangular process distally on sternal face, ischium concave on rostral face. Pleon (Fig. 1). Pleonites 3 – 5 with elongate, spine-shaped epimera. Telson broad basally, narrowed towards middle, distal half elliptic. Uropod protopod nearly triangular; exopod inserted near medial margin, approximately one-third length of protopod, not extending to its apex. Male pleopods (Fig. 2 I-M). Pleopod 1 exopod small, twice as wide as long, distal part round; endopod with broad basal portion, tapering to pointed tip, apical portion directed outwards. Pleopod 2 exopod broad in basal one-third, distal two-thirds thin and long, outer margin strongly concave; endopod thin and long, surpassing exopod. Pleopods 3 - 4 exopods subtriangular, outer margin concave. Pleopod 5 exopod subquadrangular, outer margin nearly straight.	en	Zong, Zili, Wang, Yutao, Jiang, Chao, Li, Weichun (2026): Species of the genus Laureola (Isopoda, Armadillidae), with an identification key to world species. ZooKeys 1266: 345-351, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1266.174151
CC4C56C5DA6C51608D54D1BDEE4FDEEC.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name is from the Latin “ vola ” (meaning “ fly ”) and “ mucus ” (meaning “ nasal mucus ”), referring to the species’ distinctive jumping locomotion, reminiscent of flying nasal mucus. We suggest the Chinese common name as “ 鼻屎精灵刺卷虫 ”.	en	Zong, Zili, Wang, Yutao, Jiang, Chao, Li, Weichun (2026): Species of the genus Laureola (Isopoda, Armadillidae), with an identification key to world species. ZooKeys 1266: 345-351, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1266.174151
CC4C56C5DA6C51608D54D1BDEE4FDEEC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Hainan).	en	Zong, Zili, Wang, Yutao, Jiang, Chao, Li, Weichun (2026): Species of the genus Laureola (Isopoda, Armadillidae), with an identification key to world species. ZooKeys 1266: 345-351, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1266.174151
