Campodea (Campodea) pieltaini Silvestri, 1932

Sendra, Alberto & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Euro-Mediterranean fauna of Campodeinae (Campodeidae, Diplura), European Journal of Taxonomy 728, pp. 1-130 : 49

Campodea (Campodea) pieltaini Silvestri, 1932

Figs 7–8 , 24

Campodea (Campodea) pieltaini Silvestri, 1932: 122 , figs III–IV.

Diagnosis ( Silvestri 1932a; Bareth 2006)

Body length 5.0–8.0 mm; epicuticle with multi-tip microdenticles, visible above 400 ×; middle-sized, smooth clothing setae; antennae 24–31 antennomeres; sensillum of third antennomere in dorsal position; cupuliform organ with 6–8 simple olfactory chemoreceptors; long, poorly barbed notal macrosetae almost smooth; long thin pine cone notal marginal setae; 1+1 lp macrosetae in submedial position on VI urotergite; 1+1 lp on VII urotergite, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci covered in long, smooth macrosetae and a few clothing setae; spermatozoid fascicles with 75–85 μm diameter and 18–20 μm thick, spiral filament with 2–2½ spirals, 350 μm long and 2 μm diameter.

Taxonomic notes

The studied material (Supplementary file 2) has allowed to photograph some structures under SEM ( Figs 7–8 , 24 ).

Habitat and distribution

Species living in humid soil, frequently abundant along the Cantabrian Mountains of the Iberian Peninsula, extending its distribution towards the Pyrenees ( Condé & Mathieu 1957; Sendra & Moreno 2004).

Figures

Figs 7–12. – 7–8. Campodea (Campodea) pieltaini Silvestri, 1932. 7. Pronotum, left side. 8. Detail pronotum. – 9–10. Campodea (Paurocampa) suensoni Tuxen, 1930. 9. Pronotum, right side. 10. Detail pronotum. – 11. Campodea (Campodea) maestrazgoensis Sendra & Escolà, 2004, detail mesonotum. – 12. Podocampa aff. fragiloides from Portugal caves, detail mesonotum. Abbreviations: see Material and methods.

Figs 23–28. – 23. Campodea (Campodea) maestrazgoensis Sendra & Escolà, 2004, pretarsus, metathoracic leg. – 24. Campodea (Campodea) pieltaini Silvestri, 1932, pretarsus, metathoracic leg. – 25–26. Campodea (Monocampa) devoniensis Bagnall, 1918. 25. Pretarsus, metathoracic leg. 26. Detail pretarsus, metathoracic leg. – 27–28. Litocampa espanoli (Condé, 1949). 27. Pretarsus, metathoracic leg. 28. Detail pretarsus, metathoracic leg.