Lepidosira Explained

Lepidosira is a genus of slender springtails in the family Entomobryidae. There are at least 20 described species in Lepidosira.

Species

These 28 species belong to the genus Lepidosira:

• Lepidosira anomala Salmon, 1944

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• Lepidosira arborea

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• Lepidosira bidentata Salmon, 1938

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• Lepidosira bifasciata (Salmon, 1944)

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• Lepidosira bisecta (Salmon, 1944)

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• Lepidosira flava

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• Lepidosira fuchsiata (Salmon, 1938)

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• Lepidosira fuscata Womersley, 1930

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• Lepidosira glebosa Salmon, 1941

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• Lepidosira ianthina (Salmon, 1941)

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• Lepidosira inconstans (Salmon, 1938)

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• Lepidosira indistincta Slmon, 1938

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• Lepidosira magna

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• Lepidosira minima Salmon, 1938

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• Lepidosira minuta Salmon, 1938

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• Lepidosira nigrocephala (Womersley, 1934)

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• Lepidosira obscura (Salmon, 1944)

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• Lepidosira okarita Salmon, 1938

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• Lepidosira omniofusca Slmon, 1941

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• Lepidosira parva (Salmon, 1941)

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• Lepidosira punctata Yosii, 1960

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• Lepidosira purpurea

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• Lepidosira quadradentata (Salmon, 1941)

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• Lepidosira rotorua Salmon, 1938

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• Lepidosira sagmaria (Schött, 1917)

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• Lepidosira sexmacula Salmon, 1938

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• Lepidosira splendida (Salmon, 1941)

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• Lepidosira terraereginae Ellis & Bellinger, 1973

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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. Oxford University Press. 31. 3. 449–461. 10.1603/0046-225X-31.3.449.
• Book: Brusca . Richard C.. Moore . Wendy. Shuster . Stephen M.. 2016. Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates, Oxford University Press. 3rd. 978-1605353753.
• Book: Capinera . John L.. 2008. Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 978-1402062421.