Campodea (Campodea) cossetana Sendra & Escolà, 2004

Sendra, Alberto & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Euro-Mediterranean fauna of Campodeinae (Campodeidae, Diplura), European Journal of Taxonomy 728, pp. 1-130 : 32

Campodea (Campodea) cossetana Sendra & Escolà, 2004

Campodea (Campodea) cossetana Sendra & Escolà, 2004: 894 , figs 1(a–g), 2–3, 4(a–c), tables I–IV.

Diagnosis ( Sendra & Escolà 2004)

Cave-adapted species; body length 3.8–6.5 mm; smooth epicuticle; clothing setae with short, smooth or a few thin apical barbs; antennae with 36–46 antennomeres; cupuliform organ with four to nine complex olfactory chemoreceptors; sensillum of third antennomere in ventral position; long, robust and barbed notal macrosetae; long, robust and barbed marginal setae; 1+1 short ma on I–III urotergites and 1+1 long ma macrosetae on IV–VII urotergites; 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on V–VII urotergites; 1+1 mp, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 1+1 mp, 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci longer than body, with 13 articles covered in long macrosetae with barbs along distal two-thirds and a few clothing setae; large spermatozoids fascicles with 70–80 μm diameter and 17 μm thick, spiral filament with 1 to 1¼ turns, 165 μm long and round, 3.5 μm at widest section.

Habitat and distribution

Cave-dwelling species found in several caves of the Serra de Montsant, Catalonian Mountain Chain in eastern Iberian Peninsula, including a mine ( Sendra & Escolà 2004).