Metriocampa kuwayamai Silvestri, 1931

4. - Metriocampa kuwayamai Silvestri, 1931

Description.

Body 3 mm length; epicuticle smooth under optical microscope; antennae 0.3 × as long as body with 19-22 antennomeres as long as wide; sensillum of the third antennomere unknown; pronotum with 2 + 2 ( ma, lp 3) macrosetae, mesonotum 2 + 2 ( ma, la) and metanotum with 1 + 1 ( ma) relatively short barbed macrosetae, except the longest lp 3; short clothing setae; marginal setae longer than clothing setae; metathoracic leg 0.3 × as long as body; urotergite VIII at least 1 + 1 lp barbed macrosetae; urosternite I with 5 + 5 short macrosetae with few distal barbs; urosternites II-VII with 4 + 4 short macrosetae with few distal barbs; appendages of first urosternite short and subcylindrical but much larger in males; first urosternite in males bearing a field of g 1 glandular setae on posterior position; cerci 0.7 × as long as body with> 15 articles plus basal one, covered with long barbed macrosetae and clothing setae.

Habitat.

Deep layers in soil, probably an endogean species.

Distribution.

Eastern Asia, in China ( Zhejiang, Anhui, Hunan, Jilin, Liaoning, Beijing, Henan, and Shanxi) and Japan.

References.

Silvestri (1931).