Campodea (Dicampa) gestroi Silvestri, 1912

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Campodea (Dicampa) gestroi Silvestri, 1912

Campodea (Dicampa) gestroi Silvestri, 1912: 130 , figs XVII–XVIII.

Diagnosis ( Silvestri 1912)

Body length 2.6 mm; short, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 18–21 antennomeres; short (ma, la), poorly barbed and long, barbed (lp) notal macrosetae; short with a few barbs or smooth notal marginal setae; 1+1 short ma macrosetae on I–VII urotergites, 1+1 la on V urotergite (in addition to 1+1 lp in a specimen from labelled C. aff. gestroi ), 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on VI–VII urotergites, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; 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 two localities, in central and south Italy ( Silvestri 1912; Ramellini 1995). The records outside this area are misidentifications ( Condé & Mathieu 1957).