Caribodillo, Stephanie & Nathan & Jones & Coulis, 2025

Stephanie, Benedikt Kästle, Nathan, Stephanie Binder, Jones, Nathan T. & Coulis, Mathieu, 2025, Description of a new genus and species of terrestrial isopod (Oniscidea, Armadillidae) endemic to Martinique, Zoosystema 47 (29), pp. 721-729 : 722

Caribodillo n. gen.

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TYPE SPECIES. — Caribodillo martinicensis n. sp.

DIAGNOSIS. — Animals capable of endoantennal conglobation. Body convex with flattened pereonites and pleonites epimera. Dorsal surface smooth and covered with small scale setae. Cephalon with frontal shield protruding over vertex. Pereonites 1 and 2 with ventral lobe. Ventral lobe on pereonite 1 broadly triangular. Ventral lobe on pereonite 2 slender, with anterior and posterior articulatory notch. Pereonites 3-7 epimera anteriorly thickened. Pereonites 1-7 with one line of small noduli laterales per side. Telson hourglass shaped. Mandibles with molar penicil dichotomized. Outer endite of maxillula with simple teeth. Uropod protopodite with rectangular distal portion, medial margin of protopodite weakly concave; uropod exopodite small and inserted near medial margin; uropod endopodite small. Pleopod exopods with monospiracular covered lungs.

ETYMOLOGY. — The new genus name Caribodillo n. gen. refers to the Caribbean, where Martinique is located, combined with -dillo, a suffix commonly used for members of the family Armadillidae .