Litocampa zaldivarae Sendra, Salgado & Monedero, 2003

Sendra, Alberto & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Euro-Mediterranean fauna of Campodeinae (Campodeidae, Diplura), European Journal of Taxonomy 728, pp. 1-130 : 104-105

Litocampa zaldivarae Sendra, Salgado & Monedero, 2003

Litocampa zaldivarae Sendra, Salgado & Monedero, 2003: 76 , fig. 7, tables 6–9.

Diagnosis ( Sendra et al. 2003)

Body length 2.8–6.8 mm; epicuticle without microdenticles, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 30– 34 antennomeres; cupuliform organ with four to six thick, simple olfactory chemoreceptors; prominent frontal process; 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae on pronotum and mesonotum, 1+1 ma, 1+1 lp on metanotum; long, thick notal macrosetae with barbs along distal half; long marginal setae with barbs along distal half; one dorsal femoral macrosetae; calcars barbed almost from basis; one short ventral tibial machoseta; smooth apical tarsal setae; subequal grooved elbow-like claws with small and smooth lateral crests, smooth setiform telotarsal processes; 1+1 lp macrosetae on III urotergite, 2+2 lp on IV urotergite, 1+1 la, 2+2 lp on V–VII urotergites, 1+1 mp, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 1+1 mp, 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; enlarged appendages of first urosternite in males with glandular a 2 -setae; subcylindrical appendages on females and also with glandular a 2 -setae; cerci longer than body covered in long macrosetae with barbs along distal one-third to half and smooth long clothing setae.

Habitat and distribution

Cave-dwelling species found in several caves across the southern slopes in the east of Cantabria towards the Basque Mountains ( Sendra et al. 2003).