Whittencampa troglobia Sendra & Deharveng, 2020

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

17. - Whittencampa troglobia Sendra & Deharveng, 2020

Description.

Body 5.2-7.0 mm length; antennae with 54–56 antennomeres; antennae 1.3-1.4 longer than body length; antennomeres more than twice longer than wide; ventral thick sensillum of the third antennomere; cuticle reticulated at high magnifications; clothing setae barbed with thin barbs: pronotum with 1 + 1 ma, 1 + 1 la 4, 2 + 2 lp 1, 3; mesonotum with 1 + 1 ma, 1 + 1 la, 2 + 2 lp 2, 3; metanotum with 1 + 1 ma, 2 + 2 lp 2, 3; all notal macrosetae barbed with thin barbs; metathoracic legs reaching end of abdomen; legs 0.4-0.5 × as long as body; cerci with seven primary articles plus the basal one; cerci 1.3 longer than body length; cercal articles covered with 2–16 whorls of thin and long macrosetae with tiny barbs on distal third, combined with whorls of smooth thin setae shorter than macrosetae.

Habitat.

Deep subterranean ecosystems, observed in cave habitats such as water films on speleothems.

Distribution.

Endemic in China (Guangxi).

References.

Sendra and Deharveng (2020).