Metriocampa sahi Silvestri, 1931

7. - Metriocampa sahi Silvestri, 1931

Description.

Body 2.2-3.5 mm length; epicuticle with apparently no microdenticles in optical microscope; thick and short clothing setae; antennae 0.5 × as long as body with 21-23 antennomeres as long as wide; tiny coniform ventral sensillum on third antennomere; pronotum with 2 + 2 ( ma, lp 3) and mesonotum with 1 + 1 ( ma) relatively long robust macrosetae with a few distal barbs; short thick clothing setae with a distal barb; marginal setae slightly longer and more robust than clothing setae; metathoracic leg 0.3 × as long as body; urotergite VIII with 2 + 2 lp 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 females enlarged in males; males appendages with a 1 and a 2 glandular setae and a posterior field of g 1 glandular setae on posterior position on first urosternite; cerci 0.8 × as long as body with ~ 17 articles plus basal one, covered with long thin macrosetae with distal barbs.

Habitat.

Deep layers in soil, probably an endogean species.

Distribution.

Endemic in China ( Fujian, Shanghai, Hunan, and Sichuan).

References.

Silvestri (1931).