Oncinocampa asonensis Sendra & Condé, 1988

Oncinocampa asonensis Sendra & Condé, 1988: 1019, figs 1–4, table 1.

Diagnosis (Sendra & Condé 1988)

Troglomorphic species.Epicuticle smooth under optical microscope.Antennae with 53–64 antennomeres; protruding frontal process with non-tubercular setae; nine or ten complex olfactory chemoreceptors. Pronotum with 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae; mesonotum with 1+1 ma, 1+1 la macrosetae; metanotum with 1+1 ma macrosetae; long, barbed notal macrosetae; smooth, long clothing setae. Dorsal femoral macrosetae absent; ventral tibial macrosetae absent; subequal, elbow-like claws with small lateral crests; setiform, smooth pretarsal processes. Urotergites V–VII with 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 4+4 post macrosetae; abdominal segment IX with 6+6 post macrosetae; urosternite I with 7+1+7–11+1+11, urosternites II–VII with 6+6–7+7 (6+9), urosternite VIII with 1+1 macrosetae. Male with remarkable large lateral expansion on posterior border with glandular g 1 setae; piriform appendages with glandular a 1 and a 2 setae; subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 and a 2 setae.

Habitat and distribution

Subterranean species found in seven caves in the karst areas around Ason Valley, in the CantabroBasque sector of the Cantabric Mountain Range, northern Iberian Peninsula.