Campodea (Campodea) procera Condé, 1948

Campodea (Campodea) procera Condé, 1948b: 45, fig. 1a–f.

Diagnosis (Condé 1948b, 1997; Bareth 2006)

Cave-adapted species; body length 7.0– 8.5 mm; middle-sized, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 35– 39 antennomeres; cupuliform organ with 10–12 complex olfactory chemoreceptors; sensillum of third antennomere in ventral position; middle-sized, robust notal macrosetae poorly barbed; thin pine cone notal marginal setae; 1+1 ma short macrosetae on I–III urotergites, 1+1 long or short ma macrosetae on or IV–VII urotergites, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on V–VII urotergites, 1+1 mp, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 1+1 mp, 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci with 9–10 articles covered in long macrosetae and a few clothing setae, only macrosetae of proximal articles with barbs; large spermatozoid fascicles with 60 μm diameter and 36–38 μm wide, spiral filament with 4–18 spirals, 580–1800 μm long and 3–3.5 μm diameter.

Habitat and distribution

Cave-dwelling species found in several caves of the Grands Causses Natural Park and Cévennes National Park, southern France (Condé 1948b, 1997), also collected under stones in the same region (Condé 1948b).