Turkmenocampa Sendra & Stoev

Sendra, Alberto, Sket, Boris & Stoev, Pavel, 2017, A striking new genus and species of troglobitic Campodeidae (Diplura) from Central Asia, Subterranean Biology 23, pp. 47-68 : 49-50

Turkmenocampa Sendra & Stoev gen. n.

Type species.

Turkmenocampa mirabilis Sendra & Stoev, sp. n.

Etymology.

Turkmenocampa is a composite name comprising “Turkmeno” -referring to the type locality and the suffix ‘-campa’ traditionally used in Campodeidae taxonomy. Gender: feminine.

Diagnosis.

Head with a frontal process without tuberculate setae (Fig. 1); mentum and submentum short (Fig. 2). Cupuliform organ shallow, having three types, large oval, smaller oval and tree shaped, olfactory chemoreceptors (Figs 8-12). Thorax with 4+4 (ma, la, lp2,3) macrosetae on pronotum and mesonotum, 3+3 (ma, lp2,3) on metanotum (Fig. 3). Femur having one dorsal macroseta; tibia with one ventral macroseta. Claws simple, with a medial external expansion with laminar lateral processes covered with long barbs on the ventral side (Figs 17-18). Abdomen entirely lacking lateral-anterior macrosetae, with 1+1 to 4+4 post macrosetae on I to VII tergites (Fig. 4). Sternal macrosetae: I sternite: 7+7; II-VII sternites: 4+4 (Fig. 7), VIII sternite: 1+1. Sexual secondary characters almost absent; a1 glandular setae present in both sexes in the distal part of subcylindrical appendage (Figs 5-6).

A key to the genera of Plusiocampinae Paclt, 1957