Lepidocyrtoides, Schott, 1917

Bellini, Bruno Cavalcante, 2017, The discovery of Lepidocyrtoides Schött, 1917 (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Entomobryinae) from the New World, including three new species from Brazil and one from Australia, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 201-248 : 238

Key to Lepidocyrtoides species from Brazil

1 Head dorsally with 6 sutural mac (S0–3, S5–6), M1 mac present; anterior postlabial chaetae smooth ( Figs 21B, E); Th II with 10 or more posterior mac; Abd I–III with 1, 4, 2 central mac, respectively ( Figs 22A, C–D, 23A)..................................................................................... L. tapuia ( Arlé & Guimarães, 1980) comb. nov.

- Head dorsally with 3 or less sutural mac, M1 mac absent; anterior postlabial chaetae ciliate ( Figs 5D, 16B, E); Th II with 5 or less posterior mac; Abd I–III with 0, 3, 1 central mac, respectively ( Figs 13, 14A, 27, 28A)...........................2

2 Head without Pp5 mac; anterior postlabial region without spine-like mic ( Figs 5D, 6A); Th II with 1 posterior mes (p3); Abd I without mac; manubrial plate with 4 blunt mac ( Figs 7A, C, 10G)........................ L. caeruleomaculatus sp. nov.

- Head Pp5 mac present; anterior postlabial region with spine-like mic ( Figs. 12D–E); Th II with 4 or more posterior mac; Abd I with at least 1+1 (m5) mac; manubrial plate with 2 blunt mac ( Figs 13A, C, 15H, 29G).............................3

3 Basomedian labial field devoid of R chaeta ; Th II with 5 posterior mac ( Figs 26D, 27A)......................................................................................... L. villasboasi ( Arlé & Guimarães, 1981) comb. nov.

- Basomedian labial field with R chaeta ciliate; Th II with 4 posterior mac ( Figs 16E, 17A)............................4

4 Body of adults completely dark blue and Ant yellowish ( Fig. 1B); trochanteral organ with about 98 spine-like chaetae; unguiculus III acuminate; dorsal dens without proximal mac and with two rows of unilaterally ciliate chaetae ( Figs 15D–E, H)...................................................................................... L. colormutatus sp. nov.

- Body dark blue between Th III and Abd IV ( Fig. 1E); trochanteral organ with about 27 spine-like chaetae; unguiculus III truncate; dorsal dens with 1 modified proximal mac and without rows of unilaterally ciliate chaetae ( Figs 19D–E, I)........................................................................................... L. bicolorangelus sp. nov.