Dos nuevas especies y una subespecie de campodeidos cavernícolas de la cornisa cantábrica (Diplura, Campodeidae)

• Main Authors: Sendra, A., Salgado, J. Mª, Monedero, E.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona 2003-12-01
• Series: Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
• Subjects: Diplura; Campodeidae; Cantabrian Cornice; Spain; Taxonomy; Cave-dwelling.
• Online Access: http://abc.museucienciesjournals.cat/files/ABC-26-2-pp-69-80.pdf

A total of 139 specimens of campodeid diplurans, collected from 27 caves of Cantabrian Cornice (Spain) are studied and two new species and one subspecies are described: Podocampa asturiana n. sp., Podocampa asturiana riberiensis n. ssp. and Litocampa zaldivarae n. sp. P. asturiana n. sp. differs from its most closely related species, Podocamp. group fragiloides (an endogean species) by troglomorphic characters; P. asturiana riberiensis n. ssp. is distinct from the type species by the number of trochanteral bacilliform sensilla; and L. zaldivarae n. sp. is easely recognized from Litocampa espanoli by the number of macrochaetae posterior lateral in IV urotergite. These new discoveries show the value and diversity of this family of apterygote insects in the Cantabrian subterranean environment.