Lepidocampa weberi Oudemans, 1890

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

20. - Lepidocampa weberi Oudemans, 1890

Fig. 11

Description.

Body 2.5-4.5 mm length; cuticle plain; antennae 0.5-0.7 × as long as body with 19-27 (juveniles), 28-33 (adults) antennomeres 0.8 slightly longer than wide; large thick bacilliform tergal sensillum of the third antennomere; pronotum and mesonotum with 3 + 3 (ma, la, lp), metanotum with 2 + 2 (la, lp) macrosetae relatively long barbed macrosetae, lp the longest; short clothing setae on head, antennae, legs and cerci; substituted by scales in thorax and abdomen; metathoracic leg 0.3-0.4 × as long as body with one long tergal macrosetae on femur and one ventral short macrosetae on tibia; urotergites II-III with 1 + 1 lp long barbed macrosetae; urotergites IV-VII with 3 + 3 lp long barbed macrosetae; urotergites VIII with 4 + 4 lp long barbed macrosetae; urosternite I with 6 + 6 barbed macrosetae; urosternite II-VII with 3 + 3 barbed macrosetae; cerci 0.5-0.6 × as long as body with eight articles plus basal one, covered with long barbed macrosetae, plus a few clothing setae.

Habitat.

Upper to lower layers in forest soils.

Distribution.

Ethiopian and Oriental regions, including some boundaries in the northeast of Oriental region, China included (Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Yunnan, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Hainan).

References.

Bareth (1992); Bareth and Condé (1974); Condé (1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993 b); Condé and Jacquemin-Nguyen (1968); Silvestri (1931, 1933 b); Xie (2000); Xie and Yang (1992, 1993).

Figures

Figure 11. Lepidocampa weberi Oudemans, 1890 a habitus b distal portion of abdomen c distal portion metathoracic tarsus and their pretarsus d detail of abdomen setae e metathoracic pretarsus f detail of abdominal scales.