Genus Lepidocyrtoides Schött, 1917
- Lepidocyrtoides Schött, H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 15. Collembola. Arkiv för Zoologi 11(8): 1-60 4 pls [34] [introduced as a subgenus of Lepidocyrtus Bourlet, 1839].
Type species:
Lepidocyrtus (Lepidocyrtoides) cucullaris Schött, 1917 by subsequent designation, see Schött, H. 1925. Collembola from Mount Murud and Mount Dulit in Northern Sarawak. Sarawak Museum Journal 3: 107-127. - Promesira Womersley, H. 1942. New genera, species and records of Collembola from Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 66: 23-31 [29].
Type species:
Mesira nigrocephala Womersley, 1934 by monotypy. - Najtsira Yoshii, R. 1989. On some Collembola of New Caledonia with notes on the 'colour pattern species'. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory Kyoto University 27(3): 233-259 [236] [junior synonym].
Type species:
Lepidocyrtoides najtae Schött, 1925 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Greenslade, P. 1994. Collembola. pp. 19-138 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Protura, Collembola, Diplura. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 22 188 pp. [94] (based on examination of types)
- Yoshii, R. & Greenslade, P. 1994. Reconnaissance of some entomobryid Collembola of Australia. Azao 3: 1-22 [9] (based on examination of types)
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
S and W Pacific, N and tropical Africa.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: Flinders (FLI), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Victorian Midlands (VM)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Victoria: SE coastal
- Western Australia: SW coastal
Distribution References
General References
Greenslade, P. 1994. Collembola. pp. 19-138 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Protura, Collembola, Diplura. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 22 188 pp. [94] (In the series of papers <0052>, <0043>, <0044>, Womersley's interpretation of the genus Mesira Börner as having a bidentate mucro is incorrect; some species assigned by Womersley to Mesira correctly belong in Lepidocytoides Schött)
Liu, L., Chen, J.-X. & Greenslade, P. 2008. A new species of the genus Lepidocyrtoides (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from Australia. Zootaxa 1745: 55-62 (key to Australian species)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 28-Feb-2013 | 28-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |