Eutrichocampa hispanica Silvestri, 1932

Eutrichocampa hispanica Silvestri, 1932: 161, figs XX–XXI.

Diagnosis (Silvestri 1932a, Condé & Barbier 1957)

Body length 2.2–3.0 mm; long clothing setae; antennae with 19–24 antennomeres; sensillum of third antennomere in ventral position; cupuliform organ with four simple olfactory chemoreceptors; 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae on pronotum and mesonotum, 1+1 ma, 1+1 lp on metanotum; long, barbed notal macrosetae; smooth marginal setae; one dorsal femoral macrosetae; one short ventral tibial macroseta; sharp ending of tarsus; hook-shaped claws with unguiculus; laminar telotarsal process with long barbs on ventral surface; 1+1 ma macrosetae on I–VII urotergites, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on IV–VII urotergites, 1+1 ma, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 1+1 mp, 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; urosternite I with 6+6 macrosetae; urosternites II–VII with 4+4 and urosternite VIII with 1+1 macrosetae; first male urosternite without glandular g 1 -setae, subtrapezoidal appendages with glandular a 1 and a 2 - setae; female subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 -setae; cerci shorter than body with 11 articles covered in long macrosetae with barbs and a few clothing setae.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species known from several localities in southeastern Iberian Peninsula (Silvestri 1932a; Wygodzinsky 1944a; Sendra & Jiménez 1986). Its presence in Santa Maria Island (Azores) may be considered as invasive (Condé & Barbier 1957).