Paratachycampa Wygodzinsky, 1944

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 : 113

Genus Paratachycampa Wygodzinsky, 1944

Paratachycampa Wygodzinsky, 1944: 371 .

Diagnosis ( Wygodzinsky 1944; Bareth & Condé 1981)

Pronotum with 1+1 ma, 1+1–2+2 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae; mesonotum with 1+1 mp, 1+1 la macrosetae; metanotum with 1+1 ma macrosetae. Dorsal femoral macrosetae absent; ventral tibial macrosetae absent. Claws with lateral crest, with a backward overhang. Pretarsal lateral processes from setiform to laminar and well barbed on ventral side. Urotergal macrosetae start on urotergite III or IV. Stylus with pubescent apical, subapical and medial setae. Extra urosternal macrosetae on first urosternite and 2+2 on eighth urosternite. Male with elongate appendages, covered with a large area of glandular a 2 setae.

Habitat and distribution

All three known species are highly cave-adapted to the deep subterranean ecosystems. The genus Paratachycampa has an amphi-Atlantic distribution, with one species in Mexico and two on the Iberian Peninsula ( Fig. 210 ).

Figures

Fig. 210. Distribution map of Plusiocampinae Paclt, 1957 and tachycampoid phyletic group genera in the Euro-Mediterranean area: Cestocampa Condé, 1956 (green squares), Hystrichocampa Condé, 1948 (grey squares), Jeannelicampa Condé, 1952 (brown squares), Oncinocampa Condé, 1982 (red squares), Paratachycampa Wygodzinsky, 1944 (black squares), Patrizicampa Condé, 1956 (yellow squares), Plusiocampa Silvestri, 1912 (navy blue squares), Tachycampa Silvestri, 1936 (violet squares) and Vandelicampa Condé, 1955 (light blue squares).