Campodea (Paurocampa) ribauti Silvestri, 1912

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Campodea (Paurocampa) ribauti Silvestri, 1912

Campodea (Paurocampa) ribauti Silvestri, 1912: 139 , figs XXV–XXVI.

Diagnosis ( Silvestri 1912; Denis 1932b; Bareth 2006)

Body length 1.5–5.0 mm; epicuticle with microdenticles; short clothing setae with 1–3 distal barbs; antennae with 20–26 antennomeres; sensillum of third antennomere in dorsal position; cupuliform organ with four to five simple olfactory chemoreceptors; short ma and la pronotal macrosetae with barbs along distal half, long lp pronotal macrosetae with barbs almost from basis to distal two-thirds ( Bareth (2006) noted that the middle-sized macrosetae on the pronotum are poorly barbed); marginal setae thick and with short barbs; 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae on VI–VII urotergites, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci shorter than body with 11 articles covered in long macrosetae with barbs and a few clothing setae; small spermatozoid fascicles 20–25 μm in diameter and 3 μm wide, spiral filament with 1.5 ×, 100 μm long and 0.5–1 μm in diameter.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species with a preference for the upper layer of the soil in humid habitats, also found in caves. It has a limited distribution in the central area of the Pyrenees ( Denis 1932b; Condé 1948a, Condé & Mathieu 1957).