Campodea ( Campodea ) mondainii Silvestri, 1931

1. - Campodea ( Campodea) mondainii Silvestri, 1931

Description.

Body 2.0 mm length; epicuticle smooth under optical microscope; antennae 0.4 × as long as body with antennomeres 20–22 as long as wide; sensillum of the third antennomere unknown; pronotum with 3 + 3 ( ma, la, lp), mesonotum with 3 + 3 ( ma, la, lp), and metanotum with 2 + 2 ( ma, lp) long barbed macrosetae; short clothing setae; marginal setae slightly longer than clothing setae and barbed; metathoracic leg 0.3 × as long as body; urotergites I-VII with 1 + 1 ma short with bifurcated to several distal barbs macrosetae; urotergites IV-VII with 1 + 1 la short barbed macrosetae and 1 + 1 lp long barbed macrosetae; urosternite VIII with 3 + 3 lp long barbed macrosetae; urosternite I with 5 + 5 short macrosetae with few distal barbs; urosternite II-VII with 4 + 4 short macrosetae with few distal barbs; appendages of first urosternite short and subcylindrical in males and females but larger in males with more numerous glandular setae; cerci 0.45 × as long as body with apparently eight articles plus basal one, covered with long macrosetae.

Habitat.

Deep layers in soil, probably an endogean species.

Distribution.

China ( Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, Beijing, Henan, and Shandong) and Korea.

References.

Silvestri (1931).