Cestocampa iberica Sendra & Condé, 2012

Sendra, Alberto, Antić, Dragan, Barranco, Pablo, Borko, Špela, Christian, Erhard, Delić, Teo, Fadrique, Floren, Faille, Arnaud, Galli, Loris, Gasparo, Fulvio, Georgiev, Dilian, Giachino, Pier Mauro, Kovac, L'ubomír, Lukić, Marko, Marcia, Paolo, Miculinić, Kazimir, Nicolosi, Giuseppe, Palero, Ferran, Paragamian, Kaloust, Pérez, Toni, Polak, Slavko, Prieto, Carlos E., Turbanov, Ilya, Vailati, Dante & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Flourishing in subterranean ecosystems: Euro-Mediterranean Plusiocampinae and tachycampoids (Diplura, Campodeidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 591, pp. 1-138 : 10-11

Cestocampa iberica Sendra & Condé, 2012

Cestocampa iberica Sendra & Condé in Sendra et al., 2012a: 47 , figs 2–3.

Diagnosis ( Sendra et al. 2012a)

Troglomorphic species. Antennae with 34–41 antennomeres; 8–10 complex olfactory chemoreceptors in cupuliform organ; non-protruding frontal process with non-tubercular setae. Pronotum with 1+1 ma, 3+3 la, 2+2 lp macrosetae; mesonotum with 1+1 ma, 3+3 la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 mp macrosetae; metanotum with 1+1 ma, 2+2 la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 mp macrosetae; middle-sized, barbed notal macrosetae; notal clothing setae sparse, smooth or with thin distal barbs. Two or three ventral tibial macrosetae; subequal claws (1.05–1.10) with large lateral crests, posterior claw without a backward overhang. Urotergite I with 1+1 post macrosetae; urotergite II with 2+2 post macrosetae; urotergite III with 1+1 la, 2+2 post macrosetae; urotergite IV with 1+1 la, 4+4 post macrosetae; urotergites V–VII with 3+3 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 7+7 post macrosetae; abdominal segment IX with 9+9 post macrosetae; urosternite I with 15+15, urosternites II–VII with 5+5, urotergite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae. Male without glandular g 1 setae, enlarged subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 2 setae; female with subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae. Spermatozoid fascicle wheels with 1½ turns of 70–90 µm long and 4–5 µm wide filament.

Habitat and distribution

Subterranean species found in 11 caves around the Castilian-Valencian Branch of the Iberian Mountain Range and its border with the northwest of the Pre-Baetic Mountains, eastern Iberian Peninsula.