Campodea (Monocampa) denisi Wygodzinsky, 1941

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Campodea (Monocampa) denisi Wygodzinsky, 1941

Campodea (Monocampa) denisi Wygodzinsky, 1941: 131 , figs 54–60, table 4.

Campodea (Monocampa) denisi aequalis Condé, 1947: 283 , fig.

Diagnosis ( Wygodzinsky 1941a; Condé 1947e; Bareth 2006)

Body length 3.5–4.5mm; thick, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 19–25 antennomeres; sensillum of third antennomere in ventral or dorsal position; middle-sized ma, la macrosetae on pronotum with thin barbs along distal half, long la macrosetae on mesonotum with barbs along distal two-thirds; marginal setae longer than clothing setae with 1–5 short barbs; 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae on VI–VII urotergites, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci 0.5 × body length with 10 articles covered with long macrosetae with short tiny barbs and a few clothing setae; proximal cercal articles having latero-interior macrosetae with one long distal barb (without this barb in Corsican specimens); small spermatozoid fascicles with 33–36 μm in diameter and 10 μm wide, spiral filament with 1–2 spirals, 95–150 μm long and 1 μm diameter.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species widely distributed in Central Europe ( Condé 1947d, 1954; Rusek 1964), in northern and central Italy ( Ramellini 1990), and in Sardinia and Corsica ( Condé 1947e; Bareth 1980).