Key to Lepidocyrtoides species from Australia

1 Prelabral chaetae ciliate................................................................................. 2

- Prelabral chaetae smooth (Fig. 5F)........................................................................ 3

2 Ant. IV without annulations; unguiculi truncate (Fig. 19E)............................. L. cheesmani Womersley, 1937

- Ant. IV with annulations; unguiculi acuminate (Figs 30A, G)........................... L. fasciatus (Womersley, 1934)

3 Abd I dorsally with 3 mac (m2–3, m5); manubrial plate with 2 blunt mac (Fig. 29G)..................................................................................................... L. oliveri Liu, Chen & Greenslade, 2008

- Abd I dorsally without mac (Fig. 33C); manubrial plate with 4–5 blunt mac (Figs 31B, 35H).......................... 4

4 Th III dorsally with 2 median mac; Abd II dorsally with 2 median mac....................... L. cucullaris Schött, 1917

- Th III dorsally with 5 or more median mac; Abd II dorsally with 3 median mac (Fig. 33D)...........................5

5 Basomedian labial field with R chaeta ciliate; trochanteral organ with about 40 spine-like chaetae; ungues with apical tooth; manubrial plate with 4 blunt mac (Figs 10G).......................................... L. flavocinctus Schött, 1917

- Basomedian labial field without R chaeta (Fig. 26D); trochanteral organ with about 130 spine-like chaetae; ungues without apical tooth; manubrial plate with 5–6 blunt mac (Figs 31B, 35D–E, H)............... L. hopkini sp. nov. Cipola & Bellini