Hubeicampa melissa Sendra & Lips, 2021

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

19. - Hubeicampa melissa Sendra & Lips, 2021

Description.

Body length 6.0- 10.4 mm; cuticle reticulated observed at high magnifications; micro-barbed setae, macrosetae, stylus setae, calcars, clothing setae and marginal setae; antennae 1.2 × longer that body length with 49 antennomeres; central antennomeres three times longer than wide; pronotum with 1 + 1 ma, 1 + 1 la 2, 2 + 2 lp 1, 3, mesonotum with 1 + 1 ma, 1 + 1 la, 0-1 + 1 mp, metanotum with 1 + 1 ma; femur with one short dorsal macrosetae; ventral short tibial macrosetae; subequal elbowed claws with lateral crests covered with small thin, spiniform formations; laminar lateral process of the pretarsus completely covered by thick micro-barbed; urotergites V with 1 + 1 post, VI-VII with 3 + 3 post, VIII with 5 + 5 post, and abdominal segment IX with 6 + 6 post macrosetae; urosternite I with 12 + 12 macrosetae, II-VII with 5 + 5 macrosetae, VIII with 1 + 1 macrosetae; females urosternite I with coniform appendages with a 1 glandular setae; male urosternite with subcylindrical appendages with a 1 glandular setae; cerci 1.7 × longer than body length, with six primary articles with long macrosetae a one whorl of distal setae.

Habitat.

Subterranean ecosystems, found in cave habitats.

Distribution.

Endemic in China (Hubei).

References.

Sendra et al. (2021 b).