Campodea (Campodea) westwoodi Bagnall, 1918

Campodea (Campodea) westwoodi Bagnall, 1918: 112, figs 1, 9.

Diagnosis (Bagnall 1918b; Condé & Bareth 1998; Bareth 2006)

Body length 1.8–5.7 mm; epicuticle with tiny microdenticles; clothing setae short and thick with a few apical barbs; antennae with 18–22 antennomeres; sensillum of third antennomere in dorsal position; short, robust notal macrosetae with a few barbs; lp metanotal similar in size and shape to marginal setae; short, thick marginal setae smooth or with 2–3 barbs; one small trochanteral sensillum; 0–1 short la macrosetae on V urotergite, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on VI–VII urotergites, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci with 8–10 articles, each one subdivided in 4–5, covered in whorls of thin macrosetae bent forward and backward and surrounded by a few clothing setae.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species generally found within the litter (Condé & Bareth 1998). It is known from England (Bagnall 1918b) to northeastern France up to the Paris Basin (Condé & Bareth 1970, 1998).