Campodea (Dicampa) escalerai Silvestri, 1932

Campodea (Dicampa) escalerai Silvestri, 1932a: 148, figs XIV–XV.

Diagnosis (Silvestri 1932a; Sendra & Moreno 2006)

Body length 1.8–3.5 mm; epicuticle with thick microdenticles; short, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 15–24 antennomeres; small sensillum of third antennomere in ventral position, in material from a few localities it occupies a dorsal position; short (ma, la), poorly barbed and long, barbed (lp) notal macrosetae; marginal setae with long apical barbs; 1+1 ma macrosetae on I–VII urotergites, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci shorter than body sometimes covered by several kinds of setae distributed in three types of setae: (1) males and females with long macrosetae and a few clothing setae in addition to distal, swollen latero-interior macrosetae on proximal articles; (2) males with long macrosetae and a few clothing setae but females with short macrosetae and abundant short clothing setae; and (3) males and females with short macrosetae and abundant short clothing setae.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species well adapted to endogean habitats, distributed around the eastern half of the Iberian Peninsula influenced by the Mediterranean climate (Silvestri 1932a; Sendra 1989b; Sendra & Moreno 2006).