A NEW SPECIES OF PODOCAMPA FROM THE INTERIOR HIGHLANDS OF NORTH-AMERICA (DIPLURA, CAMPODEIDAE, CAMPODEINAE)

The genus Podocampa in North America (north of Mexico) is composed of five species previously recorded from south Louisiana and west Texas. A new species, Podocampa inveterata, is described from the Interior Hi ghlands of Arkansas. The new species appears to be most closely relate d to P. vicina known from Austin and Kerrville, Texas. The two species differ in several distinct taxonomic characters, including the presen ce of median anterior setae on abdominal segments I-VII, which are abs ent in P. vicina.