Lepidolaena fissistipula (STEPH.) comb. nov. (= Frullania fissistipula STEPH.) from Queensland is described and figured. It is treated as a section of its own (L. sect. Fissularia sect, nov.) within L. subg. Reticularia. L. fissistipula is the northernmost species of the strictly subantarctic Lepido- laenaceae s. str. The single record of L. reticulata (HOOK. f. et TAYL.) TREV. from Queensland is rejected.