Campodea (Campodea) frascajensis Condé, 1946

Sendra, Alberto & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Euro-Mediterranean fauna of Campodeinae (Campodeidae, Diplura), European Journal of Taxonomy 728, pp. 1-130 : 35

Campodea (Campodea) frascajensis Condé, 1946

Campodea (Campodea) frascajensis Condé, 1946b: 3 , fig. 1(l–v).

Diagnosis ( Condé 1946b; Bareth 2006)

Body length 2.5–3.0 mm; short, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 17–20 antennomeres; long, robust, poorly barbed notal macrosetae; short, thick marginal setae with a few apical barbs; 1+1 short ma macrosetae on proximal urotergites and longer ma macrosetae in distal ones, on I–IX urotergites, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on V–VII urotergites, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci with 8–9 articles covered in macrosetae with barbs along distal half and a few clothing setae, latero-interior macrosetae smooth or with 1–3 distal barbs on proximal articles.

Taxonomic notes

Specimens probably belonging to C. frascajensis were collected in a cave in La Feuillade ( France) (Supplementary file 2) showing some noticeable features, some of which can be used to separate this cave population from the type species: body size 2.5–4.7 mm; epicuticle without microdenticles in juveniles, but with tiny microdenticles in adults; sensillum of third antennomere in ventral position; antennae with 28 antennomeres and six olfactory chemoreceptors in cupuliform organ; notal macrosetae with a few thin and tiny barbs.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species found at two localities in Niolo, a region in the central northwestern part of Corsica Island ( Condé 1946b). The record of this species from a cave in continental France, near La Feuillade, should be clarified.