Campodea (Dicampa) malpighii Silvestri, 1912

Campodea (Dicampa) malpighii Silvestri, 1912: 132, fig. XIX.

Diagnosis (Silvestri 1912)

Body length 2.7–3.0 mm; short, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 20–26 antennomeres; middlesized, thin barbed notal macrosetae, long lp notal macrosetae with barbs along distal two-thirds; short with a few apical barbs notal marginal setae slightly differentiated from clothing 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 covered in long macrosetae with barbs and a few clothing setae.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species described from the centre and south of the Italian Peninsula, including Sicily Island (Silvestri 1912), and other Italian localities by Wygodzinsky (1941b) and Ramellini (1990). Fresh material is needed to verify the record of D. malpighii in Serbia (Blesić 1984, 2000b).