Campodea (Campodea) plusiochaeta Silvestri, 1912

Sendra, Alberto, Fiera, Cristina, Selfa, Jesús & Stoev, Pavel, 2025, Soil campodeids (Diplura, Campodeidae) of Eastern Europe, in Romanian and Bulgarian reliefs, ZooKeys 1224, pp. 261-282 : 261-282

Campodea (Campodea) plusiochaeta Silvestri, 1912

Material examined.

Romania • 1 ex., Alba County: Cenade , 46.036341 ° N, 24.007781 ° E, 436 m a. s. l., vineyards, soil, 10. 09. 2020, M. Șandor leg. ; • 1 ex., Suceava County: Iacobeni , 47.446179 ° N, 25.311171 ° E, 895 m a. s. l., mixed forest (fir, larch, hornbeam), soil and litter, C. Fiera leg.

Habitat and distribution.

A soil-dwelling species, living under stones or among the alluvial debris ( Condé 1960) which is common under barks or moss. It is also found in dry environments, burrows of mammals or gardens, sometimes reaches high altitude in mountains. It is one of the most widespread species collected at many sites of the Euro-Mediterranean region: British Isles ( Condé 1961), southern Jutland and southern Scandinavian peninsulas ( Silvestri 1912; Arevad 1957; Olsen 1996), North Africa ( Condé 1947 a, 1953), throughout the Iberian Peninsula ( Sendra and Moreno 2004), throughout continental Europe including west, central, and eastern Europe ( Silvestri 1912; Pagés 1951; Rusek 1964; Stach 1964; Wygodzinsky 1941; Paclt 1965), Apennine Peninsula ( Silvestri 1912; Ramellini 1995; 2000), Balkan Peninsula ( Condé 1984), and Anatolia ( Sendra et al. 2010). The easternmost localities are in western Russia ( Silvestri 1912; Rusek 1965 b) close to the 60 ° parallel.

Remarks.

New record for the Romanian fauna.