Abstract
The first species of Collembola to be recorded from Anak Krakatau Island in Indonesia was Lepidosira calolepis (Börner, 1913). It was listed as Mesira calolepis by Womersley (1932) and was said to be abundant at the time of collection on the island. This small island was produced in 1929 in the Krakatau Archipelago by volcanic activity some three miles from Krakatau itself (Bristowe 1931). The type species of Mesira Shcherbakov, M. squamoornata, was found to belong to the genus Seira Lubbock (Gisin 1960). As M. calolepis had a two-toothed mucro, it could not belong to Seira and instead was found to belong to the genus Lepidosira Schött because of its mucro, type of scales and other characters. It is now referred to as Lepidosira (Nusasira) calolepis (Börner). This species is fairly common on Irian Jaya, Java and Sumatra (Yoshii and Suhardjoni 1989).
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