Campodea (Dicampa) propinqua Silvestri 1932
Creators: name: Sendra, Alberto
name: Fiera, Cristina
name: Selfa, Jesús
name: Stoev, Pavel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplura
Campodeidae
Campodea
Campodea propinqua

description: Campodea (Dicampa) propinqua Silvestri, 1932
Figs 2 a – f, 3 a-c
Material examined.
Romania • 1 ex., Bârgău Mountains: Valea Mare, Bistrița-Năsăud County, 47.481778 ° N, 24.999045 ° E, 762 m a. s. l., spruce forest, soil, 04. 11. 2021, C. Fiera leg.; • 1 ex., Bârgău Mountains: Șanț, Bistrița-Năsăud County, 47.50723 ° N, 24.970762 ° E, 826 m a. s. l., cutted spruce forest, litter, 04. 11. 2021, C. Fiera leg.; • 15 ex., Brașov County: Pârâul Rece, 45.512108 ° N, 25.507398 ° E, 1073 m a. s. l., spruce forest, litter, 12. 11. 2021, C. Fiera and I. Vicol leg.; • 5 ex., Făgăraș Mountains: Cârtișoara, Sibiu county, 45.670567 ° N, 24.590975 ° E, 927 m a. s. l., beech forest, soil, 10. 10. 2020, C. Fiera and I. Vicol leg.; • 5 ex., Făgăraș Mountains: Turnu Roșu, Sibiu county, 45.616342 ° N, 24.323312 ° E, 704 m a. s. l., mixed forest (spruce, fir, beech), predominantly spruce. litter, 11. 11. 2021, C. Fiera and I. Vicol leg.; • 1 ex., Făgăraș Mountains: Cârtișoara, Sibiu county, 45.671965 ° N, 24.791662 ° E, 808 m a. s. l., beach forest, litter, 11. 11. 2021, C. Fiera and I. Vicol leg.; • 1 ex., Făgăraș Mountains: near Berivoi Monastery, Brașov County, 45.687445 ° N, 24.970958 ° E, 709 m a. s. l., beech forest, rarely fir, litter, 12. 11. 2021, C. Fiera and I. Vicol leg.; • 3 ex., Suceava County: Iacobeni, 47.446179 ° N, 25.311171 ° E, 895 m a. s. l., mixed forest (fir, larch, hornbeam), soil and litter, C. Fiera leg.; • 2 ex., Gorj County: Rânca locality, 45.301415 ° N, 23.680959 ° E, 1622 m a. s. l., spruce forest, soil and litter, 17. 06. 2021, C. Fiera leg.; • 1 ex., Zarand Mountains, site 1, Căsoaia, near Arăneag, Arad county, 46.225324 ° N, 21.764489 ° E, 226 m a. s. l., mixed forest (Abies alba, Fagus sylvatica, Quercus frainetto, Carpinus betulus, Acer campestre), soil, 10. 11. 2020, C. Fiera and I. Vicol leg.; • 1 ex., Zarand Mountains, site 4, Milova, Arad county, 46.124375 ° N, 21.801121 ° E, 191 m a. s. l., mixed forest (Picea abies, Fagus sylvatica, Pinus nigra, Acer campestre, Quercus sp., Aces pseudoplatanus), soil, 11. 11. 2020, C. Fiera leg. and I. Vicol; • 2 ex., Zarand Mountains, site 5, Bârzava, Arad county, 46.127396 ° N, 21.986602 ° E, 168 m a. s. l., mixed forest (Fagus sylvatica, Quercus petraea, Avium cerasus), soil, 11. 11. 2020, C. Fiera and I. Vicol leg.; • 1 ex., Zarand Mountains, site 6, Conop, Arad county, 46.098845 ° N, 21.903658 ° E, 165 m a. s. l., mixed forest (Quercus cerris, Q. frainetto, Acer campestre, Fagus sylvatica, Ligustrum vulgare, Robinia pseudocacia, Sorbus sp., Carpinus betulus, Sorbus terminalis), soil, 11. 11. 2020, C. Fiera and I. Vicol leg. Bulgaria • 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Pirin Mts., 6 km of Predela, MSS trap, alt. 676 m a. s. l., 16. 06. 2006, P. Stoev, B. Petrov leg.
Taxonomic notes.
The morphological taxonomic features observed in the studied specimens under an optical microscope show no differences from the Iberian specimens. However, a molecular analysis should be conducted to confirm whether these geographically distant populations belong to the same species.
Specific observations using scanning electron microscopy reveal large embase of antennal trichobothria (Fig. 2 a), dense microdenticles (Fig. 2 b, d) including rosette-type glands on all tergites (Fig. 2 f), well-barbed macrosetae (Fig. 2 b), and clothing setae with a single distal barb (Fig. 3 a, b). Additionally, the stylus setae are smooth, with the apical one featuring two long basal denticles (Fig. 3 c). Claws are simple, with a protuberance between them (Fig. 2 c, e).
Habitat and distribution.
A soil-dwelling species known from a single locality in the western Subbaetic Mountains, southern Iberian Peninsula (Silvestri 1932 a), and inhabiting colluvial scree slopes in central Iberia (Sendra et al. 2017). Reported from Romania by Ionescu (1951, 1955) and Italy by Ramellini (1990).
description: Published as part of Sendra, Alberto, Fiera, Cristina, Selfa, Jesús & Stoev, Pavel, 2025, Soil campodeids (Diplura, Campodeidae) of Eastern Europe, in Romanian and Bulgarian reliefs, pp. 261-282 in ZooKeys 1224 on pages 261-282, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1224.137935