Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) socia Condé, 1983

Plusiocampa socia Condé, 1956b: 200 (nomen nudum).

Plusiocampa socia Condé, 1983: 900, figs 1a, 2–4.

Diagnosis (Condé 1983)

Troglomorphic species. Antennae with 36 antennomeres; nine complex olfactory chemoreceptors in cupuliform organ; 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, 2+2 la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 mp macrosetae; long, barbed notal macrosetae; abundant notal clothing setae, smooth or with a few distal barbs. Two ventral tibial macrosetae; subequal claws (1.05) with large lateral crests, posterior claw with a small backward overhang. Urosternite I with 2+1 post macrosetae; urotergite II with 2+2 post macrosetae; urotergite III with 0+1 la, 2+2 post macrosetae; urotergites IV–V with 1+1 la, 2+2 post macrosetae; urotergite VI with 3+3–2+2 la, 4+4 post macrosetae; urotergite VII with 3+3 la, 4+4 post macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 6+6 post macrosetae; urosternite I with 8+7, urosternites II–VII with 5+5, urosternite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae. Male unknown; subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae in females.

Habitat and distribution

Subterranean species found only in Grotta di Gana ‘e Gortoe, Siniscola, Eastern Sardinia.