Campodea (Campodea) staphylinus Westwood, 1842

Campodea (Campodea) staphylinus Westwood, 1842: 71 .

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

Body length 4.0–5.0 mm; epicuticle with microdenticles; short, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 19–22 antennomeres; sensillum of third antennomere in dorsal or ventral position between b-c and d-e macrosetae; 1+1 ma macrosetae on metanotum; short (ma, la) and long (lp) barbed notal macrosetae; short notal marginal setae with long apical setae; one trochanteral sensillum; 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae on VI–VII urotergites, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci covered in long macrosetae smooth or with apical barb, on medial and distal articles, and sparse clothing setae; two types of spermatozoid fascicles, in specimens with ventral sensillum of third antennomere: 40–45 μm diameter and 15–20 μm thick, spiral filament with 6–7 spirals, 450–600 μm long and elliptic section 3–4 μm in diameter; in specimens with dorsal sensillum of third antennomere: similar in diameter and thickness but spiral filament turns 10 spirals, is 900–1000 μm long and has rectangular section 10 × 3–4 μm.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species living in the litter of forest soils in the British Isles (Westwood 1842; Bagnall 1918b; Wygodzinsky 1941b; Carpenter 1988) and in the northwestern regions of continental Europe. It occurs in northern and central France from Brittany towards the Central massif (Condé & Bareth 1998) and reaches its easternmost extension in the Black Forest, Germany (Bockm̹hl 1956). The reference in Poland by Stach (1920, 1959) may be considered a misidentification.