Campodea (Campodea) pempturochaeta Silvestri, 1912

Campodea (Campodea) pempturochaeta Silvestri, 1912: 128, figs XV–XVI.

Diagnosis (Silvestri 1912; Sendra & Moreno 2004)

Body length 2.0– 3.5 mm; epicuticle with microdenticles; short, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 18–22 antennomeres; sensillum of third antennomere in ventral position; short (ma, la) and long (lp) barbed notal macrosetae; short with apical long barbs notal marginal setae; 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae on V–VII urotergites; 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci shorter than body covered in short macrosetae and numerous clothing setae. Sendra et al. (2006, 2010) collected the species at 31 localities in the central and eastern Anatolian Peninsula; these Turkish specimens show two different positions in the sensillum of the third antennomere, in dorsal (more frequent and larger) and ventral position (smaller); antennae with 19–24 antennomeres; variability in the shape of the notal macrosetae; and spermatozoids fascicles observed having 50–80 μm diameter, spiral filament with 3–4 spirals, 600–800 μm long and elliptical shaped with 1.5 μm in wider section.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species inhabiting both dry and moisty environments, known from more than 50 localities scattered around the Mediterranean Region: eastern Iberian Peninsula (Sendra & Moreno 2004), Algeria (Condé 1947g), Sicily, the Italian Peninsula (Silvestri 1912; Wygodzinsky 1941b; Ramellini 1990), and central eastern Anatolian Peninsula (Sendra et al. 2006, 2010).