Litocampa montana

Litocampa montana (Ionescu, 1955)

Campodea (Dicampa) montana Ionescu, 1955: 37, figs a–g.

Diagnosis (Ionescu 1955, Sendra et al. 2012)

Body length 2.0– 2.8 mm; epicuticle without microdenticles; short, smooth clothing setae; antennae with 21–23 antennomeres; sensillum of third antennomere in ventral position; cupuliform organ with four 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, thin notal macrosetae with one distal barb except lp on pronotum double in length with 3–4 thin barbs along distal half; marginal setae overall not differentiated from clothing setae; without dorsal femoral macrosetae; calcars with barbs almost from their basis; short ventral tibial macrosetae with a small apical barb; smooth apical tarsal setae; subequal elbow-like claws with small smooth lateral crests; 1+1 short ma macrosetae on I–VII urotergites, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp on V– VII urotergites, 1+1 short ma, 3+3 lp on VIII urotergite and 5+5 lp on IX abdominal segment; male with glandular g 1 -setae, subtrapezoidal appendages with glandular a 2 and a 1 -setae; female subcylidric appendages with glandular a 1 -setae; cerci shorter than body with 7 articles covered in long macrosetae with 1–4 long barbs and a few smooth clothing setae.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species known from a single locality in southern Carpathians, Romania (Sendra et al. 2012).