Litocampa mendesi Sendra & Reboleira 2010
- 1. Coleccions Torres-Sala i Siro de Fez, Servei de Patrimoni Històric, Ajuntament de València, València, Spain.
- 2. Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 København Ø, Denmark. & Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Enviromental Changes (cE 3 c), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Description
Litocampa mendesi Sendra & Reboleira, 2010
Litocampa mendesi Sendra & Reboleira in Reboleira et al., 2010: 51, figs 1–3.
Diagnosis (Reboleira et al. 2010)
Body length 1.9–4.2 mm; epicuticle without ornamentation; thin, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 26–29 antennomeres; sensillum of third antennomere in ventral position; cupuliform organ with five olfactory chemoreceptors with two folds; slightly prominent frontral process; 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae on pronotum and mesonotum, 1+1 ma, 1+1 lp on metanotum; long notal macrosetae with barbs along distal two-thirds; marginal setae poorly differentiated from clothing setae but with 2–8 thin distal barbs; one dorsal femoral macroseta; one ventral tibial macroseta; calcars with long barbs almost from basis; smooth apical tarsal setae; subequal grooved elbow-like claws with tiny, smooth lateral crests; 1+1 long ma macrosetae on III–VII urotergites; 1+1 or 0+0 la, 1+1 lp on IV urotergite, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on V–VII urotergites, 1+1 mp, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 1+1 mp, 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; thick, long clothing setae on IX–X abdominal segments; first male urosternite without glandular g 1 -setae, slightly thick subcylindrical with glandular a 1 and a 2 -setae; first female urosternite with thin subcylindrical appendages with only glandular a 1 -setae; cerci twice shorter than body covered with long macrosetae barbed in distal portion and a few clothing setae.
Habitat and distributionCave-dwelling species with moderate cave-adapted traits known from two caves in southern Portugal (Reboleira et al. 2010; unpublished data).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Campodeidae
- Genus
- Litocampa
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diplura
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Sendra & Reboleira
- Species
- mendesi
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Litocampa mendesi Sendra, 2010 sec. Sendra & Reboleira, 2020
References
- Reboleira A. S., Sendra A., Goncalves F. & Oromi P. 2010. The first hypogean dipluran from Portugal: description of a new species of the genus Litocampa (Diplura: Campodeidae). Zootaxa 2728: 50 - 56.