Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) humicola Ionescu, 1951

Plusiocampa humicola Ionescu, 1951: 528, figs 1–6.

Diagnosis (Ionescu 1951; Sendra et al. 2012b)

Non-troglomorphic species. Antennae with 21–23 doliiform antennomeres; four or five olfactory chemoreceptors; frontal process without non-tubercular setae. Pronotum with 1+1 ma, 3+3 la, 2+2 lp macrosetae; mesonotum with 1+1 ma, 3+3 la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 mp macrosetae; metanotum with 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 mp macrosetae; long, barbed notal macrosetae. Two ventral tibial macrosetae; slightly unequal claws (1.1–1.2) with large lateral crests, posterior claw without backward overhang. Urotergites I–II with 1+1 post macrosetae; urotergite III with 2+2 post macrosetae; urotergite IV with 1+1 la, 4+4 post macrosetae; urotergite V with 1+1 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergites VI–VII with 2+2 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 6+6 post macrosetae; abdominal segment IX with 8+8 post macrosetae; urosternite I with 7+7, urosternites II–VII with 5+5, urosternite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae. Male without glandular g 1 setae; subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae. Appendages of female slightly thinner, subcylindrical, with glandular a 1 setae.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species found at four sites around the South Carpathian Mountains, including the Transylvanian reliefs, Romania.