Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) magdalenae Condé, 1957

Plusiocampa magdalenae Condé, 1957: 9, fig. 1.

Diagnosis (Condé 1957, 1961, 1983; Bareth 2006)

Troglomorphic species. Antennae with 31–33 antennomeres; ten olfactory chemoreceptors in cupuliform organ; non-protruding frontal process with non-tubercular setae. Pronotum with 1+1 ma, 2+2–3+3 la, 2+2 lp macrosetae; mesonotum with 1+1 ma, 3+3 (2+2) la, 2+2 lp, 0+1 mp (1+0 smp) macrosetae; metanotum with 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 smp macrosetae; long, barbed notal macrosetae; sparse notal clothing setae. Three or four ventral tibial macrosetae; slightly unequal claws with large lateral crests, posterior claw with a small backward overhang. Urotergite I with 1+1 post macrosetae; urotergite II with 1+1–2+2 post macrosetae; urotergite III with 2+2–3+4 post macrosetae; urotergite IV with 2+2 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergite V with 3+3 la, 5+5–5+4 post macrosetae; urotergite VI with 3+3 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergite VII with 3+3 la, 4+5–5+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 unknown; female appendages slightly enlarged, from subcylindrical to conical in shape, with glandular a 1 setae.

Habitat and distribution

Subterranean species found in two adjacent caves, Grotte du Pertuis and Trou Miette, north of Méailles, Alpes de Haute-Provence, southeastern France.