Whittencampa Sendra & Deharveng, 2020

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

Genus Whittencampa Sendra & Deharveng, 2020

Diagnosis.

Pronotum with 1 + 1 ma, 1 + 1 la and 2 + 2 lp, mesonotum and metanotum with 1 + 1 ma, 1 + 1 la, and 2 + 2 lp; two dorsal femoral macrosetae; without tibial macrosetae; unequal claws with lateral-crests with extensions at the basal end of the posterior claw; two thick setiform pretarsal processes completely covered with long barbs with a tiny hook end; female urosternite I with coniform appendages thinner than male appendages, each bearing thin and long glandular a 1 setae in a distal field; male urosternite I with large and enlarged subcylindrical appendages, each bearing long glandular a 1 setae and a large field of thin and long glandular a 2 setae; male and female without glandular field on the posterior part of the first urosternite; 1 + 1 post urotergal macrosetae on urotergites III – IV, 4 + 4 post on V – VII, 5 + 5 post on VIII and 7 + 7 post on abdominal segment IX; 13 + 13–10 + 10 macrosetae on urosternite I, 5 + 5 on urosternites II – VII, and 1 + 1 macrosetae on urosternite VIII; large subtriangular ending of neuroglandular setae and epidermal glands on labial palps plus rosette-like glands similar to observed in the subfamily Campodeinae ; eversible vesicles with a double sac.

Remarks.

It is a monotype genus ( Sendra and Deharveng 2020).

Distribution.

Endemic in China (Guangxi).