Litocampa sollaudi ( Denis, 1930 )

Sendra, Alberto & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Euro-Mediterranean fauna of Campodeinae (Campodeidae, Diplura), European Journal of Taxonomy 728, pp. 1-130 : 103

Litocampa sollaudi ( Denis, 1930)

Troglocampa sollaudi Denis, 1930: 34 , figs 21–27.

Litocampa sollaudi – Paclt 1957: 27.

Diagnosis ( Denis 1930; Condé 1948a; Bareth 1968, 2006)

Body length 5.0–8.0 mm; middle-sized, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 30–34 antennomeres; sensillim in the third antennomere in dorsal position; cupuliform organ with 10–12 complex olfactory chemoreceptors; prominent frontal process; 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae on pronotum, 1+1 ma, 0+0 or 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on mesonotum and 1+1 ma on metanotum; long notal macrosetae with barbs along distal half to two-thirds; long marginal setae with some barbs along distal two-thirds; long legs reaching end of abdomen; without dorsal femoral macrosetae; calcars barbed almost from basis; one or two ventral tibial macrosetae; smooth apical tarsal setae; subequal elbow-like claws with smooth lateral crests; 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on VI–VII urotergites, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; enlarged appendages in males without glandular a 2 -setae, also in females; cerci longer than body with 9–10 articles covered in long thin macrosetae with barbs along distal half to two-thirds and thin barbed clothing setae; spermatozoid fascicles 50–60 μm in diameter and 10 μm wide, spiral filament with 7–8 spirals, 1100–1200 μm long and 2–3 μm in widest diameter of elliptical section.

Habitat and distribution

Cave-dwelling species with consistent cave-adapted traits found in more than 100 caves in the Jura and the western Vercors Massifs, in France and Switzerland ( Condé 1948a, 1962).