Metriocampa kuwayamai 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

4. - Metriocampa kuwayamai Silvestri, 1931

Description.

Body 3 mm length; epicuticle smooth under optical microscope; antennae 0.3 × as long as body with 19-22 antennomeres as long as wide; sensillum of the third antennomere unknown; pronotum with 2 + 2 (ma, lp 3) macrosetae, mesonotum 2 + 2 (ma, la) and metanotum with 1 + 1 (ma) relatively short barbed macrosetae, except the longest lp 3; short clothing setae; marginal setae longer than clothing setae; metathoracic leg 0.3 × as long as body; urotergite VIII at least 1 + 1 lp barbed macrosetae; urosternite I with 5 + 5 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 but much larger in males; first urosternite in males bearing a field of g 1 glandular setae on posterior position; cerci 0.7 × as long as body with> 15 articles plus basal one, covered with long barbed macrosetae and clothing setae.

Habitat.

Deep layers in soil, probably an endogean species.

Distribution.

Eastern Asia, in China (Zhejiang, Anhui, Hunan, Jilin, Liaoning, Beijing, Henan, and Shanxi) and Japan.

References.

Silvestri (1931).