Oncinocampa asonensis Sendra & Condé, 1988

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 : 111

Oncinocampa asonensis Sendra & Condé, 1988

Oncinocampa asonensis Sendra & Condé, 1988: 1019 , figs 1–4, table 1.

Diagnosis ( Sendra & Condé 1988)

Troglomorphic species.Epicuticle smooth under optical microscope.Antennae with 53–64 antennomeres; protruding frontal process with non-tubercular setae; nine or ten complex olfactory chemoreceptors. Pronotum with 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae; mesonotum with 1+1 ma, 1+1 la macrosetae; metanotum with 1+1 ma macrosetae; long, barbed notal macrosetae; smooth, long clothing setae. Dorsal femoral macrosetae absent; ventral tibial macrosetae absent; subequal, elbow-like claws with small lateral crests; setiform, smooth pretarsal processes. Urotergites V–VII with 1+1 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 4+4 post macrosetae; abdominal segment IX with 6+6 post macrosetae; urosternite I with 7+1+7–11+1+11, urosternites II–VII with 6+6–7+7 (6+9), urosternite VIII with 1+1 macrosetae. Male with remarkable large lateral expansion on posterior border with glandular g 1 setae; piriform appendages with glandular a 1 and a 2 setae; subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 and a 2 setae.

Habitat and distribution

Subterranean species found in seven caves in the karst areas around Ason Valley, in the Cantabro- Basque sector of the Cantabric Mountain Range, northern Iberian Peninsula.