Hubeicampa lipsae (Condé, 1993)

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

18. - Hubeicampa lipsae (Condé, 1993)

Description.

Body length 4.0- 7.1 mm; cuticle smooth under optical microscope; pretarsus including lateral processes, calcars and stylus setae with micro-barbs; antennae 1.0-1.1 × longer than body length with 43-44 antennomeres; central antennomeres longer than wide; cupuliform organ with about ten globose sensilla; subcylindrical sternal sensillum of the third antennomere; pronotum with 1 + 1 ma, 1 + 1 la, 2 + 2 lp, mesonotum 1 + 1 ma, 2 + 2 lp and metanotum 1 + 1 ma, 1 + 1 lp; metathoracic leg 0.6-0.8 × as long as body; two dorsal macrosetae on femur and two sternal macrosetae on tibia; lateral processes laminar covered by micro-barbed; urotergites I-IV with 1 + 1 post, V with 2 + 2-3 + 3 post, VI-VII with 4 + 4 post, VIII with 5 + 5 post macrosetae; male and female with subcylindrical appendages on urosternite I bearing a 1 glandular setae.

Habitat.

Subterranean ecosystems, found in cave habitats.

Distribution.

Endemic in China (Hubei).

References.

Condé (1993 a); Sendra et al. (2021 b).