Litocampa tuzetai (Condé, 1948)

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Litocampa tuzetai (Condé, 1948)

Campodea tuzetai Condé, 1948a: 36 , figs 1a–f, 2a–b.

Litocampa tuzetai – Condé 1997: 159.

Diagnosis ( Condé 1948a, 1997; Bareth 2006)

Body length 5.0–6.0 mm; short, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 26–35 antennomeres; plain frontal process; cupuliform organ with 7–12 complex olfactory chemoreceptors; 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae on pronotum and mesonotum, 1+1 ma, 1+1 lp on metanotum; thick middle-sized notal macrosetae with barbs along distal half to two-thirds; thick marginal setae with thin barbs; without dorsal femoral macrosetae; one trochanteral baciliform sensillum; calcars barbed almost from basis; one or two ventral tibial macrosetae; smooth apical tarsal setae; subequal grooved elbow-like claws with small smooth lateral crests; 1+1 ma macrosetae from short to long on I–VII urotergites, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on V–VII urotergites, 1+1 ma, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 1+1 mp, 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci as long as body with 10 articles covered in long barbed macrosetae; spermatozoid fascicles 46 μm in diameter and 32 μm wide, spiral filament with 11–12 spirals, 1700 μm long with elliptical section 7 μm in longest diameter.

Habitat and distribution

Litocampa tuzuetai dwells in soil and cave habitats in the Cévennes, southern France ( Condé 1947h, 1997).