Campodea (Dicampa) imeretinensis Chevrizov, 1976

Sendra, Alberto & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Euro-Mediterranean fauna of Campodeinae (Campodeidae, Diplura), European Journal of Taxonomy 728, pp. 1-130 : 72

Campodea (Dicampa) imeretinensis Chevrizov, 1976

Campodea (Dicampa) imeretinensis Chevrizov, 1976: 936 , figs 1(1–5), 2(1–6).

Diagnosis ( Chevrizov 1976; Sendra et al. 2006)

Body length 4.2 mm; epicuticle with microdenticles; short, smooth clothing setae; thick clothing setae on VIII urotergite and IX–X abdominal segments; antennae with 25 antennomeres (35 in Crimean cave specimens); sensillum of third antennomere in dorsal position; middle-sized, poorly barbed notal macrosetae; slightly barbed marginal setae; 1+1 lp macrosetae on VII urotergite; 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite, 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci with thin macrosetae poorly barbed with a few distal barbs and with short, smooth setae.

Habitat and distribution

Described from a cave in Georgia, east of the Black Sea ( Chevrizov 1976), it is typically a soil-dwelling species, found in the Kars, in northeastern Anatolia (Sendra et al. 2006) and also in a cave in the Crimean Peninsula.