Edriocampa ghigii Silvestri, 1932

Tusun, Sadreddin & Özbay, Cengizhan, 2010, New species, new records, and distribution of Campodeidae (Diplura) in Anatolia, Zootaxa 2639, pp. 40-52 : 50

Edriocampa ghigii Silvestri, 1932

Material examined. 1 ɗ, Diyarbakır, Kulp, 14-V-2005, S. Tusun leg.

Young male, 2.5 mm long, without glandular setae, with only a1 -setae on appendages of the urosternite I. Antennae with 20 and 21 articles but certainly regenerated. Bacilliform sensillum of third article between macrochaetae b and c (dorsal position). Tergites with small microdenticles.

This species has been recorded from Rhodes and Coo Islands ( Silvestri 1932) and Crete ( Condé 1984). This southeastern Anatolian collection is the first continental record of the species.