Cestocampa iberica Sendra & Condé, 2012

Cestocampa iberica Sendra & Condé in Sendra et al., 2012a: 47, figs 2–3.

Diagnosis (Sendra et al. 2012a)

Troglomorphic species. Antennae with 34–41 antennomeres; 8–10 complex olfactory chemoreceptors in cupuliform organ; non-protruding frontal process with non-tubercular setae. Pronotum with 1+1 ma, 3+3 la, 2+2 lp macrosetae; mesonotum with 1+1 ma, 3+3 la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 mp macrosetae; metanotum with 1+1 ma, 2+2 la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 mp macrosetae; middle-sized, barbed notal macrosetae; notal clothing setae sparse, smooth or with thin distal barbs. Two or three ventral tibial macrosetae; subequal claws (1.05–1.10) with large lateral crests, posterior claw without a backward overhang. Urotergite I with 1+1 post macrosetae; urotergite II with 2+2 post macrosetae; urotergite III with 1+1 la, 2+2 post macrosetae; urotergite IV with 1+1 la, 4+4 post macrosetae; urotergites V–VII with 3+3 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 7+7 post macrosetae; abdominal segment IX with 9+9 post macrosetae; urosternite I with 15+15, urosternites II–VII with 5+5, urotergite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae. Male without glandular g 1 setae, enlarged subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 2 setae; female with subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae. Spermatozoid fascicle wheels with 1½ turns of 70–90 µm long and 4–5 µm wide filament.

Habitat and distribution

Subterranean species found in 11 caves around the Castilian-Valencian Branch of the Iberian Mountain Range and its border with the northwest of the Pre-Baetic Mountains, eastern Iberian Peninsula.