Campodea (Campodea) procera Condé, 1948

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Campodea (Campodea) procera Condé, 1948

Campodea (Campodea) procera Condé, 1948b: 45 , fig. 1a–f.

Diagnosis ( Condé 1948b, 1997; Bareth 2006)

Cave-adapted species; body length 7.0– 8.5 mm; middle-sized, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 35– 39 antennomeres; cupuliform organ with 10–12 complex olfactory chemoreceptors; sensillum of third antennomere in ventral position; middle-sized, robust notal macrosetae poorly barbed; thin pine cone notal marginal setae; 1+1 ma short macrosetae on I–III urotergites, 1+1 long or short ma macrosetae on or IV–VII urotergites, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on V–VII urotergites, 1+1 mp, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 1+1 mp, 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci with 9–10 articles covered in long macrosetae and a few clothing setae, only macrosetae of proximal articles with barbs; large spermatozoid fascicles with 60 μm diameter and 36–38 μm wide, spiral filament with 4–18 spirals, 580–1800 μm long and 3–3.5 μm diameter.

Habitat and distribution

Cave-dwelling species found in several caves of the Grands Causses Natural Park and Cévennes National Park, southern France ( Condé 1948b, 1997), also collected under stones in the same region ( Condé 1948b).