Subgenus Paurocampa Silvestri, 1932

Paurocampa Silvestri, 1932a: 115 .

Diagnosis (Silvestri 1932a; Condé 1956 a, 1974)

Notal formula with 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae on pronotum; cupuliform organ with rounded or multi-finger shape olfactory chemoreceptors; without dorsal femoral macrosetae; one short ventral tibial macrosetae; subequal smooth slightly curved claws; setiform smooth telotarsal process; 0+0 or 1+1 lp macrosetae and 0+0 or 1+1 la macrosetae on VI–VII urotergites; 3+3 (2+2) lp macrosetae on VIII urotergite; 5+5 lp macrosetae on the IX abdominal segment; without medial anterior or posterior macrosetae on urotergites and VIII abdominal segment; first urosternite with 6+6 macrosetae, 4+4 on II–VII urosternites, 1+1 on VIII urosternite; first urosternite of male with glandular g 1 -setae, round appendages with glandular a 1 and with or without a 2 -setae; female with subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 -setae, in a couple of species with a 2 -setae.

Habitat and distribution

Seven species belong to the subgenus Paurocampa in the Euro-Mediterranean area ( Campodea (Paurocampa) pagei Silvestri, 1931 from China excluded). Five of them can be considered soil-dwelling species with a high preference for living at high altitudes in the mountain ranges of the European alpine orogeny, i.e., Cantabrian, Basque Mounts, Pyrenees; the Alps including the Dinaric and the Carpathian Mountains. The two remaining species live in cave environments; C. (P.) spelaea and C. (P.) pretneri Condé, 1974, a remarkable cave-adapted species occurring in the Julian Alps and in the north of the Dinaric Mountains (Condé 1974) (Fig. 61).

Taxonomic key for species of the subgenus Paurocampa

1. Lateral posterior macrosetae of the eighth macrosetae 3+3 .............................................................. 2

– Lateral posterior macrosetae of the eighth macrosetae 2+2 ................................................................ .................................................................................. Campodea (Paurocampa) ruseki Condé, 1966

2. Lateral posterior macrosetae of the seventh urotergite 1+1; lateral anterior macrosetae of the seventh urotergite 1+1..................................................................................................................................... 3

– Without lateral posterior and lateral anterior macrosetae of the seventh urotergite .......................... 5

3. Lateral posterior macrosetae of the sixth urotergite 1+1; pronotal macrosetae middle sized, poorly barbed; clothing setae short, thick and smooth or with a few distal barbs .......................................... ............................................................................... Campodea (Paurocampa) ribauti Silvestri, 1912

– Without lateral posterior macrosetae of the sixth urotergite; pronotal macrosetae middle sized, barbed; clothing setae short, smooth or with a small apical barb...................................................... 4

4. Lateral anterior macrosetae of the sixth urotergite 1+1; cerci pilosity with long, barbed macrosetae and short, smooth setae, the latero interior proximal marcoetae swollen with distal pubescence; marginal setae slightly short thin pine cone; male a 2 glandular setae absent ....................................................................... Campodea (Paurocampa) corsica Condé, 1946

– Without lateral anterior macrosetae of the sixth urotergite; cerci covered in middle-sized macrosetae with barbs along the distal half on the proximal articles with abundant short, smooth setae, but on distal articles there are only abundant setae; marginal setae thin pine cone; male a 2 glandular setae present........................................................... Campodea (Paurocampa) rocasolanoi Silvestri, 1932

5. Marginal setae thin pine cone ............................... Campodea (Paurocampa) suensoni Tuxen, 1930

– Marginal setae thick with a few distal barbs ....................................................................................... ...................................................................... Campodea (Paurocampa) aff. pretneri I Condé, 1974

– Marginal setae slightly short thin pine cone ........................................................................................ ..................................................................... Campodea (Paurocampa) aff. pretneri II Condé, 1974