Campodea (Campodea) plusiocaheta Silvestri 1912

Tusun, Sadreddin & Özbay, Cengizhan, 2010, New species, new records, and distribution of Campodeidae (Diplura) in Anatolia, Zootaxa 2639, pp. 40-52 : 42

Campodea (Campodea) plusiocaheta Silvestri 1912

Material examined. 12 ɗ, 9 Ψ, Mardin city, Mazıdaġı Şanlı village, 19-III-2005, S. Tusun leg.; 1 ɗ, 3 Ψ, 1 juvenile, Çankiri, Ilgaz Daġı Basaraz, 36T560158 4541122, 1213 m elev.; 20 VIII-2005, S. Tusun leg.; 1 Ψ, Gümüşhane, Pass of Zigana, 22 km from Deġirmendere, 37T546580 4510366, 18 -VIII-2005, A. Moreno leg.; 2 Ψ, 3 juveniles, Bartin, Ulus, near Ionure Magarasi, 22-VIII-2005, S. Teruel leg.; 1 Ψ, Tokat, Çamiçi, 37T03303504500779, 1172 m elev., alders and pine leaf litter, 21-VIII-2005, A. Moreno leg.

Antennae with 19 to 23 articles in adults (4 antennae with 19 articles, 14 with 20, 9 with 21, 2 with 22, and 2 with 23), and with 20 or 21 articles in juveniles (2 antennae with 20 articles, 2 with 21). The bacilliform sensillum of the third article is between macrochaetae b and c (in a dorsal position) with the exception of the Zigana Pass and Camiçi specimens, where the sensillum appears in a ventral position (between macrochaetae d and e). The epicuticle shows microdenticles on the thorax and abdominal tergal sclerites.

C. plusiochaeta is widespread in the Holarctic region, but it may be a complex of very similar species ( Condé 1953a; Sendra and Moreno 2004). Populations of C. plusiochaeta have been found in scattered locations throughout northern and southern Anatolia.