Tachycampa lepineyi Silvestri, 1936

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 : 116

Tachycampa lepineyi Silvestri, 1936

Tachycampa lepineyi Silvestri, 1936: 86 , figs 1–11.

Diagnosis (Sivestri 1936; Condé 1952)

Troglomorphic species. Epicuticle with microdenticles. Antennae with 36–38 antennomeres; about 20 small complex olfactory chemoreceptors in cupuliform organ; protruding frontal process, with nontubercular setae. Pronotum with 1+1 ma and 1+1 lp macrosetae and 1+1 sla submacrosetae; mesonotum with 1+1 sma and 1+1 sla submacrosetae; metanotum with 1+1 sma submacrosetae; short, smooth notal macrosetae; short, smooth notal clothing setae. Dorsal femoral macrosetae absent; one small ventral tibial macroseta; subequal, elbow-like claws with large lateral crests, posterior claw without a backward overhang; setiform pretarsal processes. Urotergite VIII with 3+3 post macrosetae; abdominal segment IX with 6+6 post macrosetae; urosternite I with 8+8–11+11, urosternites II–VII with 8+8, urosternite VIII with 1+1 macrosetae. Male urosternite I with a wide area of glandular g 1 setae; short, thick, large appendages with a large area of glandular a 1 and a 2 setae; female with enlarged subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae.

Remarks

The study of many specimens collected from five new caves (Coll. AS) (see Table S 2 in Supplementary Material) allowed the addition of information to the diagnosis and the inclusion of other minor taxonomic characters: ventral sensillum in third antennomere; labial palps with thick sensilla, two guard sensilla, nine simple setae and about 80 neuroglandular setae; metathoracic leg reaching end of abdomen; calcars with long barbs running up from base in two rows; smooth subapical tarsal setae; stylar setae covered with a few long barbs, apical setae with large basal tooth.

Habitat and distribution

Subterranean species found in nine caves in the karst areas near Taza in the Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco.