Plusiocampa (Pentachaetocampa) inopinata Sendra & Weber, 2018

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 : 24

Plusiocampa (Pentachaetocampa) inopinata Sendra & Weber, 2018

Plusiocampa (Pentachaetocampa) inopinata Sendra & Weber, 2018: 5 , figs 1–17, table 1.

Diagnosis ( Sendra & Weber 2018)

Troglomorphic species. Sparse thin and long clothing notal setae with thin barbs. Antennae in adults with 32–33 antennomeres. Cupuliform organ with 12–14 complex olfactory chemoreceptors. Frontal process developed, with slightly tubercular setae and macrosetae. 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, 1+1 la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 mp macrosetae; long, thin macrosetae, with very thin barbs; subequal to slightly unequal claws (posterior claw 1.05–1.15) with large lateral crests; posterior claw with backward overhang; pretarsal lateral process long, smooth and setiform with several short proximal barbs. Urotergites I–II with 1+1 post 1 macrosetae; urotergite III with 1+1 la, 1+1 post macrosetae; urotergite IV with 1+1 la, 2+2 (3+2, 3+3) post macrosetae; urotergites V–VII with 1+1 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 6+6 (5+6, 5+5) post macrosetae; abdominal segment IX with 8+8 (8+7) post macrosetae. Urosternite I with 7+7 (7+6), urosternites II–VII with 5+5, urosternite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae. Male with a narrow area with glandular g 1 setae, enlarged subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae; female with glandular g 1 setae with subcylindrical appendages, thinner than in male.

Habitat and distribution

Monotypic subgenus known only from a single cave in southwest Germany ( Fig. 211 ).

Figures

Fig. 211. Distribution map of subgenera of Plusiocampa Silvestri, 1912: Dydimocampa Paclt, 1957 (blue squares), Pentachaetocampa Sendra & Weber, 2018 (black square), Plusiocampa s. str. (red squares), Stygiocampa Silvestri, 1934 (green squares) and Venetocampa Bareth & Condé, 1984 (yellow squares).