Litocampa vandeli (Condé, 1947)

Sendra, Alberto & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Euro-Mediterranean fauna of Campodeinae (Campodeidae, Diplura), European Journal of Taxonomy 728, pp. 1-130 : 104

Litocampa vandeli (Condé, 1947)

Plusiocampa vandeli Condé, 1947a: 21 , figs 2–3.

Diagnosis ( Condé, 1947a; Bareth & Condé 1981; Bareth 1983, 2006)

Body length 4.0– 4.5 mm; short, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 22–27 antennomeres; cupuliform organ with four thick simple olfactory chemoreceptors; 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae on pronotum and mesonotum, 1+1 ma, 1+1 lp on metanotum; short notal macrosetae with 1–5 distal barbs; marginal setae thicker and longer than clothing setae with 2–4 thick barbs; without dorsal femoral macrosetae; calcars with barbs almost from basis; one short ventral tibial macroseta with one apical barb; smooth subapical tarsal setae; subequal smooth elbow-like claws with small, smooth lateral crests; 1+1 short ma macrosetae on I–VII urotergites, 1+1 la on V urotergite, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on VI–VII urotergites, 1+1 mp, 3+3 lp on VIII tergite and 1+1 mp, 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; male with two separated area of glandular g 1 -setae; cerci shorter than body with 10 articles covered in smooth macrosetae or with 3–4 distal barbs, latero-interior macrosetae with 1 barb; spermatozoid fascicles 50–55 μm in diameter and 10 μm wide, spiral filament with 1½ spirals, 150–200 μm long and 1–1.5 μm in diameter seccion.

Habitat and distribution

Litocampa vandeli dwells in soil, cave and MSS habitats ( Bareth 1983) in the centre of the northern and southern slopes of the Pyrenees ( Sendra & Escolà 2004). It was also found in a cave near the coast in the eastern Iberian Peninsula ( Bareth & Condé 1981).