Campodea (Campodea) mondainii 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

1. - Campodea (Campodea) mondainii Silvestri, 1931

Description.

Body 2.0 mm length; epicuticle smooth under optical microscope; antennae 0.4 × as long as body with antennomeres 20–22 as long as wide; sensillum of the third antennomere unknown; pronotum with 3 + 3 (ma, la, lp), mesonotum with 3 + 3 (ma, la, lp), and metanotum with 2 + 2 (ma, lp) long barbed macrosetae; short clothing setae; marginal setae slightly longer than clothing setae and barbed; metathoracic leg 0.3 × as long as body; urotergites I-VII with 1 + 1 ma short with bifurcated to several distal barbs macrosetae; urotergites IV-VII with 1 + 1 la short barbed macrosetae and 1 + 1 lp long barbed macrosetae; urosternite VIII with 3 + 3 lp long 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 males and females but larger in males with more numerous glandular setae; cerci 0.45 × as long as body with apparently eight articles plus basal one, covered with long macrosetae.

Habitat.

Deep layers in soil, probably an endogean species.

Distribution.

China (Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, Beijing, Henan, and Shandong) and Korea.

References.

Silvestri (1931).