Campodea (Campodea) maestrazgoensis Sendra & Escolà, 2004

Sendra, Alberto & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Euro-Mediterranean fauna of Campodeinae (Campodeidae, Diplura), European Journal of Taxonomy 728, pp. 1-130 : 43-44

Campodea (Campodea) maestrazgoensis Sendra & Escolà, 2004

Figs 6 , 11 , 23

Campodea (Campodea) maestrazgoensis Sendra & Escolà, 2004: 902 , figs 5–6, 7a–b.

Diagnosis ( Sendra & Escolà 2004)

Cave-adapted species; body length 3.8–6.1 mm; epicuticle without microdenticles under optical microscope but visible above 1000 ×;, long, thin, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 36–37 antennomeres; cupuliform organ with seven to eight complex olfactory chemoreceptors with two folds; long, large sensillum of third antennomere in ventral position; long, thin barbed notal macrosetae; long, barbed notal marginal setae; 1+1 ma macrosetae on IV–VII urotergite; 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on V–VII urotergites; 1+1 mp, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 1+1 mp, 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; cerci twice longer than body, with 13 articles covered in long macrosetae with barbs almost from their base and a few clothing setae.

Taxonomic notes

The studied material (Supplementary file 2) has allowed to photograph some structures under SEM ( Figs 6 , 11 , 23 ).

Habitat and distribution

Cave-dwelling species found in caves around the Maestrazgo, a mountain region in the south of the Aragonese Mountain Branch of the Iberian Mountains Range, eastern Iberian Peninsula ( Sendra & Escolà 2004).

Figures

Figs 5–6. Campodeidae in their natural environment. 5. Campodea (Campodea) tuxeni Wygodzinsky, 1944, Hartelsgraben valley, Hieflau, Styria, Austria (photograph by Christian Komposch). 6. Campodea (Campodea) maestrazgoensis Sendra & Escolà, 2004 in Cova del Mas Nou cave, Coves de Virrromà, Castellò, Iberican Mounta in Range, East of the Iberian Peninsula (photograph by Sergio Montagud).

Figs 7–12. – 7–8. Campodea (Campodea) pieltaini Silvestri, 1932. 7. Pronotum, left side. 8. Detail pronotum. – 9–10. Campodea (Paurocampa) suensoni Tuxen, 1930. 9. Pronotum, right side. 10. Detail pronotum. – 11. Campodea (Campodea) maestrazgoensis Sendra & Escolà, 2004, detail mesonotum. – 12. Podocampa aff. fragiloides from Portugal caves, detail mesonotum. Abbreviations: see Material and methods.

Figs 23–28. – 23. Campodea (Campodea) maestrazgoensis Sendra & Escolà, 2004, pretarsus, metathoracic leg. – 24. Campodea (Campodea) pieltaini Silvestri, 1932, pretarsus, metathoracic leg. – 25–26. Campodea (Monocampa) devoniensis Bagnall, 1918. 25. Pretarsus, metathoracic leg. 26. Detail pretarsus, metathoracic leg. – 27–28. Litocampa espanoli (Condé, 1949). 27. Pretarsus, metathoracic leg. 28. Detail pretarsus, metathoracic leg.