Plusiocampa ( Plusiocampa ) beroni Bareth & Condé, 2001

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 : 31

Plusiocampa ( Plusiocampa) beroni Bareth & Condé, 2001

Plusiocampa beroni Bareth & Condé, 2001: 16 , figs 3b, 4a–e.

Diagnosis ( Bareth & Condé 2001)

Slightly troglomorphic species. Antennae with 26–29 antennomeres; 5–6 complex olfactory chemoreceptors on cupuliform organ; non-protruding frontal process with non-tubercular setae. Pronotum with 1+1 ma, 3+3 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 (2+1) la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 mp macrosetae; long, barbed notal macrosetae; abundant notal clothing setae. Two ventral tibial macrosetae; unequal claws (1.30) with large lateral crests, posterior claw with a backward overhang. Urotergites I–II with 1+1 post macrosetae; urotergite III with 2+2 post macrosetae (1+1 la, 1+1 post on one specimen from Novata Peştera, western Rhodope); urotergite IV with 1+1 la, 4+4–5+5 post macrosetae; urotergite V with 1+1–2+2 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergites VI–VII with 2+2–3+3 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 6+6 post macrosetae; abdominal segment IX with 8+8 post macrosetae; urosternite I with 7+7, urosternites II–VII with 5+5, urosternite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae. Male with an area of glandular g 1 setae, subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae (adults from Gruffre Padez, Sofia with short, thick appendages with a large area of glandular a 1 setae); female with subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae. Spermatozoid fascicle wheels with 2 turns of 50 µm long and 5 µm diameter filament.

Habitat and distribution

Subterranean species found in six caves in different karst regions of the Bulgarian Balkan Mountains (= Stara Planina Mts).