Campodea (Campodea) kervillei Denis, 1932

Sendra, Alberto & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Euro-Mediterranean fauna of Campodeinae (Campodeidae, Diplura), European Journal of Taxonomy 728, pp. 1-130 : 40

Campodea (Campodea) kervillei Denis, 1932

Campodea (Campodea) kervillei Denis, 1932a: 75 , figs 1–10.

Diagnosis ( Denis 1932a; Condé & Mathieu 1957; Bareth 2006)

Body length 4.0–5.0 mm; epicuticle with thin microdenticles; short clothing setae with a few small apical barbs; antennae 19–29 antennomeres; sensillum of third antennomere in dorsal position; middle sized, poorly barbed, robust notal macrosetae; long, robust and barbed notal marginal setae; 1–0 trochanteral sensillum; 1+1 la on V urotergite, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on VI–VII urotergites, 1+1 mp, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 1+1 mp, 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; male with two separated areas of glandular g 1 -setae; cerci with 7–9 articles covered in long macrosetae with distal barbs but swollen latero-interior macrosetae and a few clothing setae; spermatozoid fascicle 50–55 μm diameter and 15–20 μm thick, spiral filament 300–400 μm long in 2–3 whorls and 3–4 μm diameter with one sharp extreme.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species sometimes found in the MSS ( Bareth 1983) or in caves ( Denis 1932a; Condé & Mathieu 1957) but without exhibiting cave-adaptated traits. It is abundant around the Pyrenees and neigbouring areas, except its eastern border ( Denis 1932b; Condé 1947c; Condé & Mathieu 1957; Sendra & Moreno 2004).