Campodea (Campodea) sarae Sendra & Teruel

Tusun, Sadreddin & Özbay, Cengizhan, 2010, New species, new records, and distribution of Campodeidae (Diplura) in Anatolia, Zootaxa 2639, pp. 40-52 : 45-46

Campodea (Campodea) sarae Sendra & Teruel , n. sp.

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Material examined. Holotype male from Turkey, Denizli centre, 9-III-2006, S. Tusun leg., preserved in 70% ethanol 70% + glycerine and deposited in the Valencia Natural History Museum (Fundación Entomológica Torres Sala) Spain. Paratypes: 5 ɗ, 2 Ψ, Denizli centre, 11-III-2006, S. Tusun leg., preserved in 70% or 96% ethanol and deposited in Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle Geneva, Switzerland, and Valencia Natural History Museum (Fundación Entomológica Torres Sala) Spain. Other specimens: 1 ɗ, 2 Ψ, Denizli Pamukkale, 10-III- 2006, S. Tusun leg.; 3 Ψ, Denizli, Saraköy, 11-III-2006, S. Tusun leg.

Etymology. This species is dedicated to Sara Teruel Gallart, young daughter of one of the authors.

Description. Body lengths (in mm): males 2.8 to 3.2, females 3.2 to 3.6 ( Fig. 3 ).

Dorsal tergite cuticle with microdenticles, visible at ×200; dorsum of head without microdenticles. Clothing setae short, smooth.

Antennae with 20 or 21 articles in adults (in intact antennae, 9 with 20 articles, 3 with 21). Bacilliform sensillum of third article 10 μm long in holotype, between macrochaetae d and e in ventral position; maxillary sensilla longer (11.5 μm in holotype) than ventral sensillum, labial sensilla shorter (7.5 μm). Apical article with 4 simple sensilla in cupuliform organ. “Gubia” sensilla short (10 μm), organized into distal verticils with up to 5 setae in the antepenultimate article. Suboval labial palps with up to 110 neuroglandular setae in a 3.6 mm female. Frontal process with three macrochaetae and 3+3 (a, i, p) macrochaetae along the antennae’s insertion line, with barbs on the distal half, these setae 0.7× length of frontal process anterior macrochaeta; all macrochaetae with a few distal barbs.

Pronotum, mesonotum and metanotum ( Fig. 4 ) with typical 3+3 (ma, la, lp), 3+3 (ma, la, lp) and 2+2 (ma, lp) macrochaetae as in Campodea s. str. Lateral posterior (lp) macrochaetae longest with barbs past the distal three-fourths, ma and la shorter bifurcated or with few distal barbs. Macrochaetae ratio ma / la for mesonotum 0.75–0.93, ratio for lp mesonotum/ lp metanotum 1.03–1.33. Lateral marginal setae thicker than clothing setae and with distal barbs. Apex of metathoracic exceeds the abdominal segment IV. Trochanteral sensillum absent. Tibial macrochaetae short (29 μm in a 3.4 mm paratype) with a very small distal barb. Calcars with 4 to 6 barbs on the distal three-fourths. Subapical macrochaetae at tarsus tip smooth. Subequal claws without crests. Telotarsal process smooth, setiform.

Urotergites I to V without macrochaetae, urotergites VI–VII with 1+1 lp macrochaetae, urotergite VIII with 3+3 lp macrochaetae, urotergite IX with 5+5 lp macrochaetae ( Fig. 5). All urotergite macrochaetae long, well developed, barbed on distal two-thirds. Pleurites II to VII each with a thick seta with 4 to 6 barbs on its distal half. Urosternite I with 6+6 macrochaetae; urosternites II to VII with 4+4 macrochaetae, urosternite VIII with 1+1 macrochaetae. Apical seta of each stylus with two long proximal denticles, plus 0, 1, 2 or 3 fine distal barbs; subapical seta smooth, medial ventral seta bifurcate. Male urosternite I with 2 or 3 rows of about 80 glandular g1 -setae all along the posterior margin. Male lateral appendages subtrapezoidal, with 13 glandular a1 -setae, but without glandular a2 -setae. Female lateral appendages subcylindrical, slightly widened, with 16 glandular a1 -setae in the 3.6 mm female. Cerci (Fig. 6) short, with 2 mm long on a 3.2 mm female. Intact cerci composed of basal article subdivided into 3 secondary articles and up to 9 primary articles. Basal articles with long macrochaetae distributed in a single vertical, with barbules on their distal two-thirds, except that lateral-internal macrochaetae are only bifurcate. Distal articulations with shorter, apically bifurcate macrochaetae (length similar to clothing setae) distributed in two verticils, proximal verticil incomplete.

Affinities. The lack of anterior lateral macrochaetae on the urotergites is a feature of C. (C.) sarae Sendra & Teruel sp. n. and separates this species from nearly all other Campodea spp. This character is found in only 5 European Campodea s.str.: Campodea vihorlatensis Paclt, 1961, Campodea portacoeliensis Sendra & Jiménez, 1986, Campodea apennina Ramellini, 1998, Campodea navasi Sendra, 2004 and C. pieltaini Silvestri, 1932. Only the last of these species resembles the new species in the chaetotaxy of the thorax and abdomen. However, C. sarae differs from C. pieltaini i n the following characteristics: C. sarae has shorter body size and different macrochaeate and clothing setae on the cerci; also in C. pieltaini, insertion points of the lp -macrochaetae of urotergite V are shifted toward the sagittal plane, this is a unique location for Campodea spp.

Distribution. C. sarae is known from the province of Denizli, in western Anatolia.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Campodea (Campodea) sarae Sendra & Teruel, n. sp. Habitus. Scale = 1 mm.

FIGURE 4. Campodea (Campodea) sarae Sendra & Teruel, n. sp. Holotype. Pronotum, mesonotum and metanotum. Scale = 100 μm.