Litocampa bourgoini (Condé, 1948)

Plusiocampa bourgoini Condé, 1948a: 39, fig. 1g–h.

Diagnosis (Condé 1948a, 1962; Bareth 2006)

Body length 3.0–5.0 mm; epicuticle without microdenticles; smooth clothing setae; antennae with 30– 34 antennomeres; sensillum of third antennomere in ventral position; slightly prominent frontal process non-tubercular setae; 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae on pronotum and 1+1 ma, 0+0 or 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on mesonotum; long, barbed notal macrosetae; barbed marginal setae longer than clothing setae; long metathoracic legs reaching end of abdomen; without dorsal femoral macrosetae; with one ventral tibial setae; calcars with barbs almost from basis; smooth subapical tarsal setae; unequal elbow-like claws with smooth large lateral crests, posterior claw slightly prolonged backwards; 0+0 or 1+1 la macrosetae on VII urotergite, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; first urosternite with 6+6 macrosetae, 4+4 on II–VII urosternites, 1+1 on VIII urosternite; male with glandular g 1 - setae, subtrapezoidal appendages with glandular a 1 -setae; females with subcylindrical appendages with glandular a -setae; spermatozoid fascicles 60–70 μm in diameter and 20 μm wide, spiral filament with 1

5–7 spirals, 1100–1200 μm long and 6 μm in widest diameter of its elongated section.

Habitat and distribution

It has been found in caves of the Jura Mountains in France and Switzerland (Condé 1948a, 1962), occasionally syntopic with the more frequent L. sollaudi .