Plutocampa methoria Chevrizov, 1978

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

15. - Plutocampa methoria Chevrizov, 1978

Description.

Body length 5.4 mm; Smooth cuticle covered by thin smooth clothing setae; antennae appears regenerated and it has 23 antennomeres; thick sensillum in ventral position of the third antennomere; small pointed frontal process; labial palps have a large thick sensilla; pronotum with 1 + 1 ma, 2 + 2 la, 2 + 2 lp 1, 3, mesonotum with 1 + 1 ma, 2 + 2 (2 + 1) la, 2 + 2 lp 2, 3, 1 + 1 mp, and metanotum with 1 + 1 ma, 0–1 + 1 la, 2 + 2 lp 2, 3, 1 + 1 mp macrosetae; long thin notal macrosetae with fine barbs; marginal setae are as long and barbed as the macrosetae; metathoracic legs reach the posterior border of abdominal segments V or VI; femora has two long, barbed, dorsal macrosetae; tibia has one short ventral macroseta; pretarsus without lateral processes, with unequal elbowed claws and large lateral crests; urotergites I and II with 1 + 1 post 1; urotergite III with 2 + 2 post 1, 2; urotergites IV – VII with 4 + 4 post 1–4; urotergite VIII with 5 + 5 post 1–5 and abdominal segment IX with 7 + 7 post, macrosetae are long with barbs; urosternite I with 6 + 6, urosternites II – VII with 4 + 4, and urosternite VIII with 1 + 1 macrosetae; urosternal macrosetae shorter than urotergal macrosetae with long barbs; smooth stylar setae; appendages of the first urosternite (female) with large, short, and subcylindrical appendages, each with apical field of glandular a 1 setae.

Habitat.

In soil and also found in cave environments but without cave-adaptive features.

Distribution.

Eastern Asia, in the Far East of Russia and China (Liaoning).

References.

Chevrizov (1978); Sendra et al. (2021 b).