Leniwytsmania orientalis ( Silvestri, 1931 )

Sendra, Alberto, Selfa, Jesús, Bu, Yun & Luan, Yun-Xia, 2025, A synopsis of the Campodeidae dipluran fauna from China (Arthropoda, Hexapoda) with a taxonomic key, ZooKeys 1239, pp. 147-181 : 147-181

10. - Leniwytsmania orientalis ( Silvestri, 1931)

Figs 8 , 9 , 10

Description.

Body 1.9-2.4 mm length; epicuticle with microdenticles at optical microscope; antennae 0.5–0.6 × as long as body with 18-21 antennomeres as long as wide; small subcylindrical tergal sensillum on third antennomere; pronotum and mesonotum with 3 + 3 (ma, la, lp 3) and 1 + 1 (la) relatively short barbed macrosetae, lp 3 the longest; short clothing setae; marginal setae slightly more robust and longer than clothing setae with one or three barbs; metathoracic leg 0.4 × as long as body; claws with small lateral crests and ventral body claws with tiny grooves; short lateral processes with terminal barbs; urotergites V-VII with 1 + 1 lp barbed macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 3 + 3 lp, urotergites; abdominal segment IX with 5 + 5 lp, all macrosetae long barbed macrosetae; urosternite I with 6 + 6 short bifurcated macrosetae; urosternite II-VII with 4 + 4 short bifurcated macrosetae; - appendages of first urosternite short and subcylindrical in females, subtrapezoidal in males; first urosternite in males bearing a field of g 1 glandular setae on posterior portion; cerci 0.8 × as long as body with nine articles plus basal one, covered with long macrosetae, well barbed on external side macrosetae and poorly barbed on internal side macrosetae, plus a few clothing setae.

Habitat.

Deep layers in soil, probably an endogean species.

Distribution.

Endemic in China (Yunnan, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangxi).

References.

Silvestri (1931); Paclt (1957).

Figures

Figure 8. Leniwytsmania orientalis Silvestri, 1931 a apical antennomere with its cupuliform organ b fourth antennomere with their trichobothria c medial antennomeres d latero-distal portion of medial antennomere with a gouge sensilla.

Figure 9. Leniwytsmania orientalis Silvestri, 1931 a Prothorax and Metathorax b latero-posterior portion of metathorax c first to third abdominal segments and part of one metathoracic leg d detail of pronotum.

Figure 10. Leniwytsmania orientalis Silvestri, 1931 a Pretarsus, lateral view b Pretarsus, latero-ventral view.