Lepidosira

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

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

Species

These 28 species belong to the genus Lepidosira:

• Lepidosira anomala Salmon, 1944 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira arborea ^{c g}
• Lepidosira bidentata Salmon, 1938 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira bifasciata (Salmon, 1944) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira bisecta (Salmon, 1944) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira flava ^{c g}
• Lepidosira fuchsiata (Salmon, 1938) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira fuscata Womersley, 1930 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira glebosa Salmon, 1941 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira ianthina (Salmon, 1941) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira inconstans (Salmon, 1938) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira indistincta Slmon, 1938 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira magna ^{c g}
• Lepidosira minima Salmon, 1938 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira minuta Salmon, 1938 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira nigrocephala (Womersley, 1934) ^g
• Lepidosira obscura (Salmon, 1944) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira okarita Salmon, 1938 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira omniofusca Slmon, 1941 ^{c g}
• Lepidosira parva (Salmon, 1941) ^{c g}
• Lepidosira punctata Yosii, 1960 ^g
• Lepidosira purpurea ^{c g}
• Lepidosira quadradentata (Salmon, 1941) ^{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 terraereginae Ellis & Bellinger, 1973 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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.