Lepidosira trifascia ( Zhou & Ma, 2022 ), 2025

Qian, Xiaowei, Jing, Meidong & Ma, Yitong, 2025, First report of Lepidosira (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from China, with description of four new species under the aid of COI barcoding, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2), pp. 341-365 : 341-365

Lepidosira trifascia ( Zhou & Ma, 2022) comb. nov.

Willowsia trifascia Zhou & Ma, 2022: 372.

Diagnosis.

Three longitudinal blue stripes present on dorsal body; Ant. IV with bilobed apical bulb; head with three mac on Gr. II; Th. II with three (m 1, m 2, m 2 i) medio-medial, three medio-sublateral (m 4, m 4 i, m 4 p), and 25–27 posterior mac; Th. III to Abd. IV respectively with 16, 7, 6, 3, and 16–20 central mac; Abd. III with five lateral mac.

Remarks.

After examining the type material of this species, we confirm that scales are present on the dentes and no blunt chaetae are found on the manubrial plate. Hence, we propose its transfer to Lepidosira herein. It can be distinguished from the other known Lepidosira species by its three longitudinal blue stripes on the dorsal body.