Litocampa coiffaiti (Condé, 1948)

Sendra, Alberto & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Euro-Mediterranean fauna of Campodeinae (Campodeidae, Diplura), European Journal of Taxonomy 728, pp. 1-130 : 99

Litocampa coiffaiti (Condé, 1948)

Plusiocampa coiffaiti Condé, 1948a: 41 , figs 2c–d, 3a–d.

Diagnosis ( Condé 1948a, 1949c; Bareth 2006)

Body length 4.7–7.5 mm. long, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 38–45 antennomeres; sensillum of third antennomere in ventral position; cupuliform organ with eight to ten complex olfactory chemoreceptors; 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae on pronotum and mesonotum, 1+1 ma, 1+1 lp on metanotum; thin notal macrosetae with barbs along the distal two-thirds; thick, long, barbed marginal setae; one dorsal femoral macroseta; two ventral tibial macrosetae with one distal barb; calcars barbed one side along their length; smooth apical setae; unequal grooved elbow-like claws with small and smooth lateral crests, but posterior claw slightly prolonged backwards, smooth setiform telotarsal processes; 1+1 short ma macrosetae on I–VII urotergites; 2+2 lp on V–VII urotergites; 1+1 short ma, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 1+1 mp, 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; male with continuous area of glandular g 1 -setae, and subcylindrical enlarged appendages with glandular a 2 -setae; cerci longer than body with 8 articles covered in thin macrosetae along distal half in basal articles and with tiny apical barb in basal articles.

Habitat and distribution

Cave-dwelling species found in several caves along the axial zone of the Pyrenees ( Condé 1948a, 1955a; Sendra & Escolà 2004).