Cestocampa balcanica Condé, 1955

Sendra, Alberto, Antić, Dragan, Barranco, Pablo, Borko, Špela, Christian, Erhard, Delić, Teo, Fadrique, Floren, Faille, Arnaud, Galli, Loris, Gasparo, Fulvio, Georgiev, Dilian, Giachino, Pier Mauro, Kovac, L'ubomír, Lukić, Marko, Marcia, Paolo, Miculinić, Kazimir, Nicolosi, Giuseppe, Palero, Ferran, Paragamian, Kaloust, Pérez, Toni, Polak, Slavko, Prieto, Carlos E., Turbanov, Ilya, Vailati, Dante & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Flourishing in subterranean ecosystems: Euro-Mediterranean Plusiocampinae and tachycampoids (Diplura, Campodeidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 591, pp. 1-138 : 9-10

Cestocampa balcanica Condé, 1955

Cestocampa balcanica Condé, 1955: 57 .

Diagnosis ( Condé 1955a; Sendra et al. 2012a)

Non-troglomorphic species. With 25 antennomeres in a regenerated antenna; frontal process with nontubercular setae. Pronotum with 1+1 ma, 2+2 la, 2+2 lp macrosetae; mesonotum with 1+1 ma, 3+3 la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 mp macrosetae; metanotum with 1+1 ma, 2+2 la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 mp macrosetae; long, barbed notal macrosetae; sparse smooth notal clothing setae. Two ventral tibial macrosetae; subequal small claws (1.03) with small lateral crests, posterior claw without a backward overhang. Urotergite I with 1+1 post macrosetae; urotergites II–III with 2+2 post macrosetae; urotergite IV with 1+1 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergite V with 2+2 (2+1) la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergites VI–VII with 3+3 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 6+6 post macrosetae; abdominal segment IX with 8+8 (8+7) post macrosetae; urosternite I with 7+1+7, urosternites II–VII with 5+5, urosternite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae. Male unknown; female subcylindrical appendages with a 1 glandular setae.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species found in two remote localities, the type locality in Rabitlje, south-eastern Dinaric Mountains, and on Monti Aurunci, Lazio, central Italian Peninsula.