Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) sardiniana Condé, 1981

Plusiocampa sardiniana Condé, 1981b: 593, fig. 1b.

Plusiocampa provincialis ? – Condé 1953: 36.

Diagnosis (Condé 1953 b, 1981 b, 1983)

Troglomorphic species. Antennae with 33–38 antennomeres; protruding frontal process with tubercular setae. Pronotum with 1+1 ma, 4+4 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. Two ventral tibial macrosetae; slightly unequal claws (1.15) with large lateral crests, posterior claw with a backward overhang. Urotergites I–III with 2+2 post macrosetae; urotergite IV with 1+1 (0+1) la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergite V with 1+1 (1+2) la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergite VI with 2+2 (1+2) la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergite 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; thick clothing setae on abdominal segments IX–X; urosternite I with 7+7, urosternites II–VII with 5+5, urosternite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae. Male without glandular g 1 setae or glandular a 2 setae, with the exception of 1+ 1 g 1 and 2–3 a 2 in one specimen; female with subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae.

Habitat and distribution

Subterranean species found only in the San Giovanni Caves, Sardinia.