Campodea (Campodea) subdives Silvestri, 1933

Campodea (Campodea) subdives Silvestri, 1933a: 62, figs I–II.

Diagnosis (Silvestri 1933a)

Body length 3.0 mm; epicuticle without microdenticles; short, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 20 to 24 antennomeres (28–29 in female from cave in Mallorca Island; Vadell et al. 2007); sensillum of third antennomere in ventral position; short (ma, la) and long (lp) barbed notal macorsetae; short with apical long barbs notal marginal setae; 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae on IV–VII urotergites, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci from Anatolian specimens covered in long macrosetae on basal articles, short macrosetae on medial and distal articles and numerous clothing; cerci from specimens of cave from Mallorca with long macrosetae with a few clothing setae.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species found in soil habitats at several localities scattered around the Mediterranean Basin: Rhodes Island (Silvestri 1933a), northern Algeria (Condé 1947g), Mallorca Island (Condé 1955c) and southeastern Taurus in the Anatolian Peninsula, Turkey (Sendra et al. 2010). It was also found in an abandoned mine in Luxembourg (Sendra et al. 2013) and a slightly cave-adapted specimen has been collected from a cave in Mallorca Island (Vadell et al. 2007).