Campodea (Campodea) lubbockii Silvestri, 1912

Figs 37–41

Campodea (Campodea) lubbockii Silvestri, 1912: 116, figs IV–V.

Diagnosis (Silvestri 1912; Bareth 2006, 2007a)

Body length 3.5–5.0 mm; epicuticle with microdenticles visible up to 400 ×; short thick clothing setae with thin apical barb, ventral side with short, thin and smooth clothing setae; antennae with 20–23 antennomeres; small sensillum of third antennomere in ventral position; short thick notal macrosetae with a few tiny barbs; lp meso and metanotal similar to marginal setae; short, thick marginal setae with a few tiny barbs; one trochanteral sensillum; 1+1 short swollen ma macrosetae on I–VII urotergites, 1+1 la on V urotergite, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on VI–VII urotergites, 1+1 short swollen ma, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 1+1 short swollen ma, 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci as long as body length with 9 to 15 articles covered in short macrosetae and abundant clothing setae, distalmost articles show remarkable subdivisions, up to nine in apical article; small spermatozoid fascicles with diameter of 30 μm and 10–12 μm thick, spiral filament with 2½ to 3 turns, 180–200 μm long and 1.5–2 μm in diameter.

Taxonomic notes

Nota (Fig. 37), urotergites (Fig. 38), male and female first urosternites (Figs 40-41), and cerci (Fig. 39) were drawn from the studied material (Supplementary file 2).

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species also found in mines and MSS habitats (Bareth 2000a, 2007a; Sendra et al. 2013). It has beeen found across England (Bagnall 1915, 1918b), on the southern border of the Scandinavian Peninsula (Agrell 1944; Olsen 1996), eastern France (Denis 1924; Condé 1947h; Condé & Mathieu 1957; Condé & Bareth 1998), Belgium (Bareth 2000a, 2007a), Germany (Christian 2003), Switzerland (Wygodzinsky 1941a) and Austria (Christian 1992). Its presence in Lazio, Italy (Ramellini 1990) should be reviewed.