A third species of Parakermania Vandel, 1973 (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Armadillidae) from China Author Hong, Xinkai 0000-0003-3374-5044 College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China & xinkaihong 1999 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3374 - 5044 Author Wang, Yutao College of Tourism, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China Author Li, Weichun College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China text Zootaxa 2022 2022-01-07 5087 3 484 488 journal article 2751 10.11646/zootaxa.5087.3.5 b473c7cf-410c-49cc-ae98-65dfc7c51217 1175-5326 5826927 50F64BC1-4AEE-4B8D-A930-F42D449759A9 Genus Parakermania Vandel, 1973 Type species: Parakermania minima Vandel, 1973 Diagnosis. Parakermania able to roll up into perfect ball, dorsum with distinct tubercles; head with short and stout antenna, cephalon with frontal shield slightly protruding over vertex; epimera of pereonites and pleonites curve outwards, and pereonites 2−7 with triangular epimera, pereonites 1 and 2 with small lobe and large tooth on ventral side, respectively; telson with quadrangular distal part, uropodal protopodite nearly trapezoidal, minute exopodites inserted dorsally on protopodite ( Kwon & Taiti 1993 ). Remarks. The relationships among the genus Parakermania and the other genera within the family Armadillidae are unknown. In morphology, the genus is close to Tuberillo Schultz, 1982 ( Taiti et al . 1992 ). But it can be distinguished by the frontal shield protruding less over the vertex, the pereonites 2−7 with triangular epimera instead of quadrangular epimera, and the pereonite 1 with a small ventral lobe instead of a schisma ( Kwon & Taiti 1993 ). List of Parakermania species Parakermania minima Vandel, 1973 . Parakermania minima Vandel, 1973: 142 , figs. 109−110. Type locality: Dyaul Island , New Ireland , Bismarck Archipelago. Distribution: Australia ( New Ireland ) . Parakermania maculata Kwon & Taiti, 1993 . Parakermania maculata Kwon & Taiti, 1993: 77 , figs 315−324. Type locality: Qingdao , Hainan Island, China . Distribution. China ( Hainan ) . Parakermania longa Hong, Wang & Li, sp. nov. Distribution. China ( Hainan ). Key to Parakermania species 1. Pereonites 1–6 with twelve long spine-shaped projections near lateral margin ( Vandel 1973 ).................. P. minima - Pereonites 1–6 without spine-shaped projections............................................................ 2 2. Pereonite 6 with two small round tubercles on outer sides ( Kwon & Taiti 1993 ).......................... P. maculata - Pereonite 6 with two thin and long ornamentations on outer sides, going beyond apex of telson ( Fig. 1 ).... P. longa sp. nov.