Campodea (Paurocampa) corsica Condé, 1946

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Campodea (Paurocampa) corsica Condé, 1946

Campodea (Paurocampa) pachychaeta Condé, 1946a: 1 , fig. Ia–i.

Campodea (Paurocampa) corsica Condé, 1946a: 145 , fig. 1b–m.

Diagnosis ( Condé 1946a, 1946b; Ramellini 1998; Bareth 2006)

Body length 2.0–4.0 mm; slightly thick, short clothing setae mostly smooth but some with one distal barb; antennae with 19–22 antennomeres; sensillum of third antennomere in dorsal position; middle- sized barbed notal macrosetae with short or long barbs almost from basis, some specimens with ma and la pronotal macrosetae with a few distal barbs; thin pine cone marginal setae; 1+1 la macrosetae on VI urotergite, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on VII urotergite, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; male without glandular a 2 -setae; cerci shorter than body with 9 articles covered in long swollen macrosetae, mostly latero-interior ones, remarkable hairy on swollen zone of macrosetae.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species, seems well adapted to endogean habitats in high mountain areas. It has been collected at more than 1000 m a.s.l. on Corsica Island ( Condé 1946a, 1946b), and is also known from three localities at the Abruzzo National Park and Monti Aurunci, Lazio, Italy ( Ramellini 1990, 1998).