Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) lucenti Sendra & Condé, 1986

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 : 72

Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) lucenti Sendra & Condé, 1986

Plusiocampa lucenti Sendra & Condé, 1986: 971 , figs 1–3, table 1.

Diagnosis ( Sendra & Condé 1986; Sendra et al. 2004)

Troglomorphic species. Antennae with 37–40 antennomeres; 17–21 complex olfactory chemoreceptors in cupuliform organ; non-protruding frontal process with non-tubercular setae. Pronotum with 1+1 ma, 2+2–3+3 la, 2+2 lp macrosetae; mesonotum with 1+1 ma, 2+2–3+3 la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 (0+1) mi, 1+1 (0+1) li macrosetae; metanotum with 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 2+2 lp, 1+ 1 mi, 1+1–0+0 li macrosetae; long, barbed notal macrosetae; sparse notal clothing setae. Two or three ventral tibial macrosetae; unequal claws (1.30) with large lateral crests, posterior claw with backward overhang. Urotergites I–II with 1+1 post macrosetae; urotergite III with 1+1 la, 1+1 post macrosetae; urotergite IV with 1+1 la, 2+2 post macrosetae; urotergites V–VII with 1+1 la, 4+4 post macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 6+6 post macrosetae; abdominal segment IX with 8+8 post macrosetae. Urosternite I with 7+7 (7+1+7), urosternites II–VII with 5+5–6+6, urosternite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae. Male without glandular g 1 setae, slightly subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae; female appendages like male appendages. Spermatozoid fascicle wheels with 2 turns of 140–160 µm long and 1.5 µm wide filament.

Habitat and distribution

Subterranean species inhabiting seven caves around the north-eastern Pre-Baetic reliefs on the Iberian Peninsula. Furthermore, it slightly extends its distribution to three more caves in the south of the Iberian Mountain Range.