Species of the genus Laureola (Isopoda, Armadillidae), with an identification key to world species

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article 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.1266.174151AbstractThe genus Laureola Barnard, 1960 comprises twelve species distributed across the Afrotropical, Australian, and Oriental regions. In this study, we describe Laureola volamuca Zong, Wang, Jiang & Li, sp. nov., the second species of the genus recorded in China, which was collected from Hainan Island. The habitus of the adult and male appendages of the new species are illustrated. An identification key to the world species of the genus is provided.