Metriocampa sahi 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

7. - Metriocampa sahi Silvestri, 1931

Description.

Body 2.2-3.5 mm length; epicuticle with apparently no microdenticles in optical microscope; thick and short clothing setae; antennae 0.5 × as long as body with 21-23 antennomeres as long as wide; tiny coniform ventral sensillum on third antennomere; pronotum with 2 + 2 (ma, lp 3) and mesonotum with 1 + 1 (ma) relatively long robust macrosetae with a few distal barbs; short thick clothing setae with a distal barb; marginal setae slightly longer and more robust than clothing setae; metathoracic leg 0.3 × as long as body; urotergite VIII with 2 + 2 lp barbed macrosetae; urosternite I with 5 + 5 short macrosetae with few distal barbs; urosternite II-VII with 4 + 4 short macrosetae with few distal barbs; appendages of first urosternite short and subcylindrical in females enlarged in males; males appendages with a 1 and a 2 glandular setae and a posterior field of g 1 glandular setae on posterior position on first urosternite; cerci 0.8 × as long as body with ~ 17 articles plus basal one, covered with long thin macrosetae with distal barbs.

Habitat.

Deep layers in soil, probably an endogean species.

Distribution.

Endemic in China (Fujian, Shanghai, Hunan, and Sichuan).

References.

Silvestri (1931).