Litocampa vandeli

Litocampa vandeli (Condé, 1947)

Plusiocampa vandeli Condé, 1947a: 21, figs 2–3.

Diagnosis (Condé, 1947a; Bareth & Condé 1981; Bareth 1983, 2006)

Body length 4.0– 4.5 mm; short, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 22–27 antennomeres; cupuliform organ with four thick simple olfactory chemoreceptors; 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae on pronotum and mesonotum, 1+1 ma, 1+1 lp on metanotum; short notal macrosetae with 1–5 distal barbs; marginal setae thicker and longer than clothing setae with 2–4 thick barbs; without dorsal femoral macrosetae; calcars with barbs almost from basis; one short ventral tibial macroseta with one apical barb; smooth subapical tarsal setae; subequal smooth elbow-like claws with small, smooth lateral crests; 1+1 short ma macrosetae on I–VII urotergites, 1+1 la on V urotergite, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on VI–VII urotergites, 1+1 mp, 3+3 lp on VIII tergite and 1+1 mp, 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; male with two separated area of glandular g 1 -setae; cerci shorter than body with 10 articles covered in smooth macrosetae or with 3–4 distal barbs, latero-interior macrosetae with 1 barb; spermatozoid fascicles 50–55 μm in diameter and 10 μm wide, spiral filament with 1½ spirals, 150–200 μm long and 1–1.5 μm in diameter seccion.

Habitat and distribution

Litocampa vandeli dwells in soil, cave and MSS habitats (Bareth 1983) in the centre of the northern and southern slopes of the Pyrenees (Sendra & Escolà 2004). It was also found in a cave near the coast in the eastern Iberian Peninsula (Bareth & Condé 1981).