Subgenus Venetocampa Bareth & Condé, 1984

Venetocampa Bareth & Condé, 1984: 143 .

Diagnosis (Bareth & Condé 1984)

Mesonotum with 1+1 ma, 2+2 la, 2+2 lp macrosetae; metanotum with 1+1 ma, 1+1 lp or 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 2+2 lp macrosetae; without mp notal macrosetae. One dorsal femoral macroseta; without ventral tibial macrosetae. Very unequal, elbow-like claws with large lateral crests, posterior claw with a large backward overhang. Urotergites with at most 1+1 lateral anterior and 4+5 posterior macrosetae starting from sixth urotergite; urosternite I with 7+7, urosternites II–VII with 5+5, urosternite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae. Male with thick, enlarged appendages with a large area of glandular a 1 setae.

Habitat and distribution

The two species of the subgenus Venetocampa, which inhabit the subterranean habitat, are found in two caves of the Veneto Region, northern Italian Peninsula (Fig. 211).