Campodea (Campodea) coniphora Wygodzinsky, 1941

Sendra, Alberto & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Euro-Mediterranean fauna of Campodeinae (Campodeidae, Diplura), European Journal of Taxonomy 728, pp. 1-130 : 31

Campodea (Campodea) coniphora Wygodzinsky, 1941

Campodea (Campodea) coniphora Wygodzinsky, 1941b: 64 , fig. 1a–m.

Diagnosis ( Wygodzinsky 1941b; Bareth 2006)

Body length 5.5 mm; epicuticle without microdenticles; short, slightly thick, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 26–27 antennomeres; long, thin barbed notal macrosetae; thin pine cone marginal setae; 1+1 la macrosetae on V urotergite; 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on VI–VII urotergites, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci covered in generally long, smooth macrosetae, sometimes with one thin distal barb, and sparse clothing setae.

Taxonomic notes

Specimens collected in Geneva (Supplementary file 2) have two noticeable differences from those originaly described: the thick notal and urotergal macrosetae having long barbs over all its length, and swollen latero-interior cercal macrosetae.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species collected in a few localities in the Cévennes Mountains located in southern central France ( Wygodzinsky 1941b; Condé 1948a), and a distinct population from Geneva ( Switzerland).