Litocampa cognata (Condé, 1948)

Plusiocampa cognata Condé, 1948b: 49, fig. 1g–i.

Diagnosis (Condé 1948b; Bareth 1983, 2006; Bareth & Juberthie-Jupeau 1984)

Body length 3.5–6.0 mm; middle-sized, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 30–34 antennomeres; sensillum of third antennomere in ventral position; cupuliform organ with four complex olfactory chemoreceptors; without frontal process; 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae on pronotum and mesonotum and 1+1 ma, 1+1 lp on metanotum; long notal macrosetae with a few thin barbs; marginal setae slightly longer than clothing setae with 1–2 thin barbs; without dorsal femoral macrosetae but sometimes with a submacroseta in its position; one short ventral tibial macroseta smooth or with an apical barb; calcars with 3–4 barbs; smooth subapical tarsal setae; subequal, smooth, elbow-like claws with small, smooth, lateral crests; 1+1 ma short to gradually longer macrosetae on I–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; male without glandular g

1

and a

2

-setae.

Litocampa cf. cognata from soil in Cuneo, Maritime Alps, Italy (Rammellini 2000) should be described as a new taxon due to important differences in the insertion of the medial anterior macrosetae on urotergite VIII and abdominal segment IX.

Habitat and distribution

This species dwells in soil, cave and MSS habitats (Bareth 1983) from the northern slopes of the Ariège Pyrenees to the Cévennes (Condé 1948b).