Edriocampa ghigii Silvestri, 1933

Edriocampa ghigii Silvestri, 1933a: 69, figs VI–VII.

Diagnosis (Silvestri 1933a; Condé 1984; Sendra et al. 2010)

Body length 2.5–3.0 mm; epicuticle with microdenticles; short clothing setae; antennae with 23–31 antennomeres; sensillum of third antennomere in dorsal (Anatolian Peninsula) or ventral (Crete Island) positions; 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae on pronotum; ma and la short pronotal macrosetae but long lp; marginal setae similar to clothing setae; calcars with some barbs; subequal claws with long and large laminar telotarsal process with barbs in both sides; 2+2 lp macrosetae on VIII urotergite; first urosternite with 7+7 macrosetae; 6+6 on II–VII urosternite, 1+1 on VIII urosternite; first male urosternite with large area of glandular g 1 -setae and squares short appendages; female with 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 South Aegean islands (Silvestri 1933a; Condé 1984) and in the Anatolian Peninsula (Sendra et al. 2010).