Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) beroni Bareth & Condé, 2001

Plusiocampa beroni Bareth & Condé, 2001: 16, figs 3b, 4a–e.

Diagnosis (Bareth & Condé 2001)

Slightly troglomorphic species. Antennae with 26–29 antennomeres; 5–6 complex olfactory chemoreceptors on cupuliform organ; non-protruding frontal process with 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 (2+1) la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 mp macrosetae; long, barbed notal macrosetae; abundant notal clothing setae. Two ventral tibial macrosetae; unequal claws (1.30) with large lateral crests, posterior claw with a backward overhang. Urotergites I–II with 1+1 post macrosetae; urotergite III with 2+2 post macrosetae (1+1 la, 1+1 post on one specimen from Novata Peştera, western Rhodope); urotergite IV with 1+1 la, 4+4–5+5 post macrosetae; urotergite V with 1+1–2+2 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergites VI–VII with 2+2–3+3 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 with an area of glandular g 1 setae, subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae (adults from Gruffre Padez, Sofia with short, thick appendages with a large area of glandular a 1 setae); female with subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae. Spermatozoid fascicle wheels with 2 turns of 50 µm long and 5 µm diameter filament.

Habitat and distribution

Subterranean species found in six caves in different karst regions of the Bulgarian Balkan Mountains (= Stara Planina Mts).