Campodea (Dicampa) merceti Silvestri, 1932

Campodea (Dicampa) merceti Silvestri, 1932a: 141, fig. XI.

Diagnosis (Silvestri 1932a; Sendra & Moreno 2006)

Body length 1.9–2.9 mm; epicuticle with abundant thick microdenticles; short, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 15–22 antennomeres; sensillum of third antennomere in dorsal or ventral position; short ma and la notal macrosetae with one apical barb, long lp notal macrosetae with barbs along distal half; short with apical long barbs notal marginal setae; 3+3 lp macrosetae on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci shorter than body with 10 articles; females with glandular a 2 -setae on appendages; proximal cercal articles covered in a few clothing setae plus long macrosetae with barbs along distal two-thirds to smooth on latero-interior side; distal cercal articles covered in short, smooth or with one distal barb macrosetae and abundant short clothing setae.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species with a preference for endogean mountain areas. It is known from one locality on Corsica Island (Condé 1956a: 115), two in Algeria (Condé 1947g) and almost 20 localities in the Iberian Peninsula (Silvestri 1932a; Sendra & Moreno 2006).