Campodea (Campodea) plusiochaeta Silvestri, 1912

Sendra, Alberto & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Euro-Mediterranean fauna of Campodeinae (Campodeidae, Diplura), European Journal of Taxonomy 728, pp. 1-130 : 50

Campodea (Campodea) plusiochaeta Silvestri, 1912

Fig 46

Campodea gardneri Bagnall, 1918b: 110 , figs 5, 7.

Campodea (Campodea) plusiochaeta Silvestri, 1912: 116 , fig. III-2.

Diagnosis ( Silvestri 1912; Condé & Bareth 1998; Bareth 2006)

Body length 2.0–4.0 mm; epicuticle with microdenticles; short, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 19–24 antennomeres, up to 27 antennomeres in some Greek specimens ( Condé 1984); sensillum of third antennomere in dorsal position (or in ventral position in northern populations form named C. (C.) gardneri Bagnall, 1918 in Condé & Bareth 1998 : D0431); short (ma, la) and long (lp) barbed notal macrosetae; notal marginal setae short with long apical barbs; 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae on V–VII urotergites, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci covered in long, poorly barbed macrosetae and a few clothing setae, latero-interior macrosetae with 1–2 thin barbs; spermatozoid fascicles with 45–50 μm diameter and 20–23 μm thick, spiral filament with 5–6 spirals, 550–600 μm long and hemispheric section 5–6 μm in widest diameter.

Taxonomic notes

The studied material (Supplementary file 2) has allowed to draw the nota ( Fig. 46 ).

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species, living under stones or among the alluvial debris ( Condé 1960) and common under bark or moss. It also found in dry environments, burrows of mammals or gardens but as well lives in mountains at high altitude, for instance at 3050 m a.s.l. in Sierra Nevada ( Granada, Iberian Peninsula) ( Sendra & Moreno 2004). It is one of the most widespread species, collected at many sites of the Euro-Medianterran region: British Isles ( Condé 1961), southern Jutland and southern Scandinavian Peninsulas ( Silvestri 1912; Arevad 1957; Olsen 1996), N Africa ( Condé 1947g, 1953b), from west to east in the Iberian Peninsula ( Sendra & Moreno 2004), throughout continental Europe including West, central and eastern Europe ( Silvestri 1912; Pagés 1951; Rusek 1964; Stach 1964; Wygodzinsky 1941c; Paclt 1965), the Italian Peninsula ( Silvestri 1912; Ramellini 1995, 2000), the Balkan Peninsula ( Condé 1984) and the Anatolian Peninsula ( Sendra et al. 2010). The easternmost localities are in western Russia ( Silvestri 1912; Rusek 1965a) close to the 60º parallel. For the distribution in North America, see Silvestri (1933b), Bareth & Condé (1958), Condé & Geeraert (1962) and Condé (1973).

Figures

Figs 46–47. – 46. Campodra (Campodea) plusiochaeta Silvestri, 1912, ♀, 3.8 mm, from Geneva, Switzerland, pronotum, mesonotum and metanotum. – 47. Campodea (Campodea) pseudofragilis Condé, 1984, ♀, 3.7 mm, from Agigea, Romania, pronotum, mesonotum and metanotum.Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.