Campodea (Campodea) kasiki Rusek, 1964

Sendra, Alberto & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Euro-Mediterranean fauna of Campodeinae (Campodeidae, Diplura), European Journal of Taxonomy 728, pp. 1-130 : 39

Campodea (Campodea) kasiki Rusek, 1964

Campodea (Campodea) kasiki Rusek, 1964: 140 , figs 57–77.

Diagnosis ( Rusek 1964)

Body length 3.5 mm; short, smooth clothing setae; midle-sized, thin, barbed notal macrosetae with a few thin and long barbs; long smooth notal marginal setae; smooth marginal setae; 1+1 ma macrosetae on I–VII urotergites, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on IV–VII urotergites, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment.

Taxonomic notes

Anatolian specimens quoted by Sendra et al. (2006) show some features that have not been described by Rusek (1964) (Supplementary file 2): epicuticle without microdenticles; 23–25 antennomeres with sensillum of the third antennomere in dorsal position; and one trochanteral sensillum. The female from Montenegro studied doesn’t have microsenticles and no trochanteral sensillum has been seen either, but the antennae are completely regenerated.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species collected in three isolated regions, in the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia ( Rusek 1964), at a single locality in Montenegro and in the central and eastern Anatolian Peninsula (Sendra et al. 2006).