Morphological Characteristics of Lepidocyrtus (Entomobryidae) and Salina (Paronellidae) Collembola Genera from Bangladesh

The purpose of this research is to identify the collembola of the families Entomobryidae and Paronellidae. In Bangladesh, a few genera, and species of the Paronellidae and Entomobryidae families have been described and documented. The morphological traits of five genera of Lepidocyrtus and two genera of Salina collembola were described and illustrated in this work. Among the five genera of Lepidocyrtus, two genera were previously misidentified as Podura aquatica and Hypogastrura armata species. In the present article, a misidentified species is described as a Lepidocyrtus genus. The morphological characteristics and morphometrics of those genera and their habitat details are presented here with a microphotograph and line diagram. This study helps to explore the collembolan diversity of the Entomobryidae and Paronellidae families and to identify their genus and species levels further.