Campodea (Campodea) ishii 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

2. - Campodea (Campodea) ishii Silvestri, 1931

Description.

Body 1.6 (juvenile) to 3.25 (adult) mm length; epicuticle smooth under optical microscope; antennae 0.5 × as long as body with 20 (19 in juvenile) antennomeres as long as wide; sensillum of the third antennomere unknown; pronotum, mesonotum and metanotum with 3 + 3 (ma, la, lp), 3 + 3 (ma, la, lp), 2 + 2 (ma, lp) relatively long barbed macrosetae; short clothing setae; marginal setae slightly longer than clothing setae; metathoracic leg 0.3 × as long as body; urotergites II-VII with 1 + 1 ma barbed macrosetae from short to much longer towards the posterior urotergites; urotergites IV-VII 1 + 1 lp long barbed macrosetae; urotergites V-VII 1 + 1 la short barbed macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 1 + 1 mp and 3 + 3 lp barbed macrosetae. urosternite I with 6 + 6 (5 + 5 in juveniles) short macrosetae with few distal barbs; urosternites II-VII with 4 + 4 short macrosetae with few distal barbs; appendages of first urosternite short and subcylindrical in females; males unknown; cerci 0.7 × (juvenile) - 0.8 × (adult) as long as body with apparently ten articles plus basal one, all articles covered with numerous short clothing setae, and long macrosetae on basal articles.

Habitat.

Deep layers in soil, probably an endogean species.

Distribution.

East Asia: China (Shanghai, Anhui, and Guizhou), Korea and Japan.

References.

Silvestri (1931).