Campodea (Campodea) pseudofragilis Condé, 1984

Sendra, Alberto & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Euro-Mediterranean fauna of Campodeinae (Campodeidae, Diplura), European Journal of Taxonomy 728, pp. 1-130 : 52-53

Campodea (Campodea) pseudofragilis Condé, 1984

Fig. 47

Campodea (Campodea) pseudofragilis Condé, 1984: 177 , figs 1b–c, table II.

Diagnosis ( Condé 1984)

Body length 3.0– 3.7 mm; epicuticle with microdenticles; short, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 18–20 antennomeres; small sensillum of third antennomere in dorsal position; short (ma, la) and long (lp) barbed macrosetae; short with apical long barbs notal marginal setae; 1+1 la macrosetae on V urotergite (slightly differentiated in some specimens, can disappear as in Ithaca specimens), 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 bearing for each article, one complete whorl of short macrosetae with one apical barb and numerous short clothing setae.

Taxonomic notes

The studied material (Supplementary file 2) has allowed to draw the figure of the nota ( Fig. 47 ).

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species found at three localities on the borders of the Balkan Peninsula, on Ithaca Island and Achaea, Greece, and in Agiea, Romania ( Condé 1984; Sendra et al. 2012).

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.