Cestocampa italica ( Silvestri, 1912 )

Sendra, Alberto, Antić, Dragan, Barranco, Pablo, Borko, Špela, Christian, Erhard, Delić, Teo, Fadrique, Floren, Faille, Arnaud, Galli, Loris, Gasparo, Fulvio, Georgiev, Dilian, Giachino, Pier Mauro, Kovac, L'ubomír, Lukić, Marko, Marcia, Paolo, Miculinić, Kazimir, Nicolosi, Giuseppe, Palero, Ferran, Paragamian, Kaloust, Pérez, Toni, Polak, Slavko, Prieto, Carlos E., Turbanov, Ilya, Vailati, Dante & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Flourishing in subterranean ecosystems: Euro-Mediterranean Plusiocampinae and tachycampoids (Diplura, Campodeidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 591, pp. 1-138 : 11

Cestocampa italica ( Silvestri, 1912)

Plusiocampa italica Silvestri, 1912: 145 , fig. xxx.

Diagnosis ( Silvestri 1912; Condé 1955a)

Non-troglomorphic species. Antennae with 22 antennomeres. Pronotum with 1+1 ma, 4+4 la, 2+2 lp macrosetae; mesonotum with 1+1 ma, 3+3 la, 2+2 lp macrosetae; metanotum with 1+1 ma, 2+2 la, 2+2 lp macrosetae. Two ventral tibial macrosetae; subequal small claws with small lateral crests, posterior claw without a backward overhang. Urotergites I–II with 2+2 post macrosetae; urotergite III with 4+4 post macrosetae; urotergite IV with 2+2 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergites V–VII with 3+3 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urosternite I with 7+7, urosternites II–VII with 5+5, urosternite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae. Male without glandular g 1 setae and slightly enlarged appendages.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species known from the type locality in Strongoli, Calabria, southern Italian Peninsula, and northern Macedonia.