Vandelicampa tisserandi Condé, 1955

Vandelicampa tisserandi Condé, 1955c: 407, figs 3–4.

Diagnosis (Condé 1955c)

Troglomorphic species. Antennae with 29–38 antennomeres; eight to ten olfactory chemoreceptors in cupuliform organ. Long, barbed notal macrosetae; sparse, smooth, long notal clothing setae. One dorsal femoral macroseta; two or three ventral tibial macrosetae; subequal claws (1.04) with large lateral crests, posterior claw without a backward overhang; laminar pretarsus processess with a sharp ending covered with long ventral barbs. Urotergites I–III with 1+1 post macrosetae; urotergite IV with 1+1 la, 3+3 post macrosetae; urotergites V–VII with 3+3 (2+2) la, 4+4 post macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 6+6 post macrosetae; urosternite I with 8+8, urosternites II–VII with 6+6, urosternite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae. Male with subcylindrical appendages of first urosternite similar to those of female.

Habitat and distribution

Subterranean species found in three caves in the karst areas of Lebanon (Fig. 210).