Remycampa herbanica Sendra & Oromí, 2020

Sendra, Alberto & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Euro-Mediterranean fauna of Campodeinae (Campodeidae, Diplura), European Journal of Taxonomy 728, pp. 1-130 : 115

Remycampa herbanica Sendra & Oromí, 2020

Remycampa herbanica Sendra & Oromí in Sendra et al., 2020b: 44 , figs 5–30, tables 1–2.

Diagnosis ( Sendra et al. 2020b)

Body length 3.8–4.4 mm; epicuticle smooth and slightly reticulated at high magnifications; scarce short clothing setae with one or two apical barbs; antennae with 36 antennomeres, 2 × as long as wide in apical antennomere; 21 complex olfactory chemoreceptors arranged in two concentric circles, each with a pile of fused plates forming coniform structure; distal and central antennomeres with single distal whorl of 8–12 short, thick gouge sensilla 10 µm long; small coniform sensillum on third antennomere in ventral position; moderate protrusion of frontal process covered with very slightly tuberculated setae; atypical labium with slight torsion of labial palps, little elongation of palpiform processes and deep groove in middle of labium; pronotum and mesonotum with 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae; metanotum with 1+1 ma macrosetae; all macrosetae short and slightly thick; marginal setae longer and more barbed than clothing setae; legs elongated, metathoracic legs reaching abdominal segment IX; tibia always longer than femur or tarsus; femorae III each with one short, thick dorsal macroseta; tibiae III with two (three) short ventral macrosetae; subequal claws with lateral expansion; smooth laminar telotarsal processes curved along and ending in slight wide expansion with narrow prolongation on one side, unique shape among diplurans; urotergites with 1+1 ma on I-IV; 1+1 ma, 1+1 la on IV, 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp 3 on V– VII; 1+1 mp, 3+3 lp 1-3 on VIII; and 1+1 mp, 5+5 lp 1–5 on IX abdominal segment; urosternite I with 6+6 macrosetae; urosternites II to VII with 4+4; urosternite VIII with 1+1; stylus with apical, subapical and ventromedial seta with a few long barbs; cerci more than 2 × as long as body length, with 27 primary articles; female urosternite I with slim cylindrical appendages, with glandular a 1 setae; male urosternite I with short coniform appendages, with glandular a 1 setae; posterior edge with narrow field of glandular g 1 setae.

Habitat and distribution

Cave-adapted species only known from a lava tube on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands ( Sendra et al. 2020b).