Podocampa ceballosi (Silvestri, 1932)

Sendra, Alberto & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Euro-Mediterranean fauna of Campodeinae (Campodeidae, Diplura), European Journal of Taxonomy 728, pp. 1-130 : 109

Podocampa ceballosi (Silvestri, 1932)

Campodea (Podocampa) ceballosi Silvestri, 1932a: 130 , fig. VII.

Campodea canariensis Silvestri, 1932a: 133 .

Remycampa grassei Condé, 1953: 373 .

Meiocampa grassei – Paclt 1957: 31.

Diagnosis ( Silvestri 1932a; Sendra 1989 a, 1990 a, 1990c)

Body length 2.0– 3.5 mm; long smooth clothing setae; antennae with 19–25 antennomeres; sensillum of third antennomere in ventral position (dorsal in one female from Benaoján, Spain); thick, short gubia sensilla; long, well barbed notal macrosetae; marginal setae longer and thicker than clothing setae with long, thin barbs; one trochanteral sensillum; thin dorsal femoral macrosetae; one tibial ventral macrosetae; calcars with barbs along distal two thirds; smooth subapical tarsal setae; polymorphic telotarsal process from setiform to laminar shape; 1+1 ma macrosetae on I–VII urotergites, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on IV–VII urotergites, 1+1 mp, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 1+1 mp, 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; clothing setae on X abdominal segment thicker than other clothing setae; first male urosternite with seasonal presence of glandular g 1 -setae, enlarged appendages with glandular a 1 -setae and seasonal a 2 -setae; subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 -setae in females; cerci shorter than body covered in long barbed macrosetae and a few shorter smooth setae.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species occasionally found in caves (Sendra 2013). Distributed mainly across the southwest Iberian Peninsula ( Silvestri 1932a; Wygodzinsky 1944a; Sendra et al. 1986), also in Morocco, Algeria ( Condé 1953b) and the Canary Islands ( Sendra, 1989 a, 1990c).