Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) bonneti condei Sendra & Escolà, 2004

Sendra, Alberto, Antić, Dragan, Barranco, Pablo, Borko, Špela, Christian, Erhard, Delić, Teo, Fadrique, Floren, Faille, Arnaud, Galli, Loris, Gasparo, Fulvio, Georgiev, Dilian, Giachino, Pier Mauro, Kovac, L'ubomír, Lukić, Marko, Marcia, Paolo, Miculinić, Kazimir, Nicolosi, Giuseppe, Palero, Ferran, Paragamian, Kaloust, Pérez, Toni, Polak, Slavko, Prieto, Carlos E., Turbanov, Ilya, Vailati, Dante & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Flourishing in subterranean ecosystems: Euro-Mediterranean Plusiocampinae and tachycampoids (Diplura, Campodeidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 591, pp. 1-138 : 34

Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) bonneti condei Sendra & Escolà, 2004

Figs 30–41

Plusiocampa bonneti condei Sendra & Escolà, 2004: 892 .

Plusiocampa pouadensis bonneti – Condé 1951: 61.

Differential diagnosis against the type form ( Sendra 1985; Sendra & Escolà 2004)

Antennae with 30–43 antennomeres; eight to nine complex olfactory chemoreceptors in cupuliform organ; protruding frontal process with slightly tubercular setae. Spermatozoid fascicle wheels with 2–2½ turns of 300–400 µm long and 7 µm diameter filament.

Remarks ( Figs 24–35 )

One male of P. (P.) bonneti bonneti from Cova Mora (San Juan de la Peña, Huesca, Spain) and six specimens of P. (P.) bonneti condei from Cova Toll (Moià, Barcelona, Spain) (see Table S 2 in Supplementary Material) were used for SEM to remark on some features that are difficult to observe under the optical microscope. In P. (P.) bonneti bonneti , the first urosternite shows very long subtrapezoidal appendages with a large area of glandular a 2 setae and a large area of glandular g 1 setae, with the surface covered by barbed clothing setae and well-barbed macrosetae ( Figs 24–27 ). In P. (P.) bonneti condei , the epicuticle varies from completely smooth to gently reticulate ( Fig. 35 ); antennomeres with a whorl of gouge sensilla, 16–18 µm long ( Figs 31, 33 ). Olfactory chemoreceptors with a central column unfolded in several layers with a reticulate surface covered by pores ( Fig. 30 ). Protruding frontal process with slightly tubercular macrosetae and setae ( Figs 32, 34 ). Claws with large lateral crest with ventral longitudinal grooves separated by reticulate surfaces ( Figs 36–39 ). Stylar setae totally covered by short, thin barbs ( Fig. 40 ). Large eversible vesicles ( Fig. 41 ).

Habitat and distribution

Subterranean subspecies found in 35 caves in the Eastern Pyrenees and the northern part of the Catalan Mediterranean Mountain System.

Figures

Figs 30–35. Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) bonneti condei Sendra & Escolà, 2004, from Cova del Toll, Moià, Barcelona, Spain (Coll. AS). 30. Cupuliform organ. 31. Medial antennomere. 32. Frontal process. 33. Lateral distal view of medial antennomere, with gouge and coniform sensilla 34. Protruding frontal process. 35. Surface of metanotum.

Figs 36–41. Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) bonneti condei Sendra & Escolà, 2004, from Cova del Toll, Moià, Barcelona, Spain (Coll. AS). 36. Lateral posterior pretarsus of metathoracic leg. 37. Lateral detail of posterior claw of metathoracic leg. 38. Frontal view of pretarsus of metathoracic leg. 39. Lateral anterior view of pretarsus. 40. Stylus and abdominal eversible vesicle of urosternite. 41. Detail of abdominal eversible vesicle.

Figs 24–29. Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) boneti boneti Condé, 1948, ♂, from Cova Mora, Huesca, Spain (Coll. AS). 24. Urosternite I, right side. 25. Urosternite I, detail of glandular g 1-setae. 26. Macrosetae of urosternite I. 27. Appendage of urosternite I, glandular a1 and a2 setae. 28. Stylus of left urosternite VI. 29. Distal stylus of left urosternite VI, detail.