Campodea (Dicampa) taurica Silvestri, 1949

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Campodea (Dicampa) taurica Silvestri, 1949

Campodea (Dicampa) taurica Silvestri, 1949: 27 , fig. 1.

Diagnosis ( Silvestri 1949)

Cave-adapted species; body length 4.2–6.0 mm; epicuticle with thin microdenticles to smooth; smooth clothing setae or with one distal barb; thick clothing setae on IX–X abdominal segments; antennae with 32–40 antennomeres; cupuliform organ with 12 to 14 complex olfactory chemoreceptors; coniform sensillum on third antennomere in dorsal position; long, poorly barbed notal macrosetae; long notal marginal setae with 1–3 thin distal barbs; tibia with one (two exceptional) ventral macrosetae; 1+1 lp macrosetae on VII urotergite and 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci covered in long, thin and smooth macrosetae or with distal barbs in basal articles, and shorter, smooth clothing setae.

Habitat and distribution

Cave-dwelling species known from four caves in Crimea ( Silvestri 1949).