Key to all Lepidonotopodium species
1. Body small (less than 15mm), not more than 25 segments......................................................2
- Body large (more than 25 mm), more than 25 segments.......................................................3
2. 23 segments.......................................................................................... 4
- 24 segments..........................................................................................5
3. 30 segments, elytra with 2 raised macrotubercles................................................. ... L. fimbriatum
- Less than 30 segments..................................................................................6
4. Elytra with 6–12 macrotubercles................................................................ .. L. atalantae
- Elytra with clavate micropapillae................................................................. L. minutum
5. Elytra with numerous foveolae............................................................ L. okinawae sp. nov.
- Elytra scattered clavate micropapillae...................................................................... 7
6. 28 segments, pharynx with 7 pairs of unequal-sized papillae, jaws with up to 12 basal teeth................... L. piscesae
- Egments, pharynx with subequal papillae, jaws with 7 basal teeth..................................... L. williamsae
7. Elytra with branching veins emanating from the place of attachment to the elytrophores, pharynx with 7–9 pairs of papillae............................................................................................... L. riftense
- Elytra without branching veins, pharynx with 7 pairs of unequal papillae.................................. L. jouinae