Lepidosira

Lepidosira
Lepidosira sexmacula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Collembola
Order:	Entomobryomorpha
Family:	Entomobryidae
Genus:	Lepidosira

Lepidosira is a genus of slender springtails in the family Entomobryidae. There are several described species in Lepidosira. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

The following species belong to the genus Lepidosira:

• Lepidosira alba (Nguyen, 2005) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira angulata (Schött, 1917) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira anomala Salmon, 1944 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira arborea Salmon, 1944 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira australica (Schött, 1917) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira bidentata Salmon, 1938 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira bifasciata (Salmon, 1944) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira bisecta (Salmon, 1944) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira brunnea (Womersley, 1935) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira calolepis (Börner, 1913) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira congoia Salmon, 1956 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira dorsalis (Salmon, 1941) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira faaroana (Carpenter, 1934) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira fallaciosa Yoshii, 1989 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira flava (Salmon, 1938) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira fuchsiata (Salmon, 1938) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira fuscata Womersley, 1930 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira gigantea (Börner, 1909) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira glebosa Salmon, 1941 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira gupta Howard, 1969 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira ianthina (Salmon, 1941) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira inconstans (Salmon, 1938) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira indistincta Slmon, 1938 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira javana (Börner, 1913) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira laboriosa Greenslade, 1994 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira lichenata (Salmon, 1938) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira longicornis (Schött, 1917) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira magna (Salmon, 1937) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira minima Salmon, 1938 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira minuta Salmon, 1938 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira neotropicalis Nunes & Bellini, 2019 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira nigrocephala (Womersley, 1934) ^g
• Lepidosira nigropunctata (Nguyen, 2005) ^g
• Lepidosira nilgiri (Denis, 1936) ^g
• Lepidosira obscura (Salmon, 1944) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira okarita Salmon, 1938 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira omniofusca Salmon, 1941 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira pallida (Ritter, 1911) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira parva (Salmon, 1941) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira pigmenta Salmon, 1944 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira punctata Yosii, 1960 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira purpurea Salmon, 1944 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira quadradentata (Salmon, 1941) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira reducta (Salmon, 1938) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira rotorua Salmon, 1938 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira sagmaria (Schött, 1917) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira sexmacula Salmon, 1938 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira splendida (Salmon, 1941) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira sundana Yoshii & Suhardjono, 1989 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira terraereginae Ellis & Bellinger, 1973 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira unguserrata Salmon, 1970 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira variabilis (Oudemans, 1890) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira variabilis (Schäffer, 1897) ^{c g}[note: unresolved junior homonym]
• Lepidosira vicina Yoshii, 1989 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira violacea (Salmon, 1938) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira violaceapallipes (Denis, 1931) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira womersleyi Greenslade, 1994 ^{c g}

Data sources: c = Catalogue of Life, ^[1] g = GBIF, ^[2] i = ITIS, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net

References

1. "Lepidosira". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
2. "Lepidosira". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
3. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System" . Retrieved 2018-05-03.

Further reading

• Bitzer, Royce J.; Buckelew, Lamar D.; Pedigo, Larry P. (2002). "Effects of transgenic herbicide-resistant soybean varieties and systems on surface-active springtails (Entognatha: Collembola)". Environmental Entomology. 31 (3). Oxford University Press: 449–461. doi:10.1603/0046-225X-31.3.449.
• Brusca, Richard C.; Moore, Wendy; Shuster, Stephen M. (2016). Invertebrates (3rd ed.). Sinauer Associates, Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-1605353753.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN   978-1402062421.