Tachycampa 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 : 115

Genus Tachycampa Silvestri, 1936

Tachycampa Silvestri, 1936: 86 .

Diagnosis (Sivestri 1936; Sendra et al. 2016)

Epicuticle with microdenticles on surface. Pronotum with 3+3 medial anterior and lateral posterior macrosetae, and lateral anterior submacrosetae; mesonotum with 2+2 medial and lateral anterior submacrosetae; metanotum with 1+1 medial anterior submacrosetae. Dorsal femoral macrosetae absent. One small ventral tibial macroseta. Subequal, elbow-like claws with large lateral crests, posterior claw without a backward overhang; setiform, smooth pretarsal processes. With 3+3 and 6+6 posterior macrosetae on urotergite VIII and abdominal segment IX, respectively; urosternite I with 8+8–11+11, urosternites II–VII with 8+8, urosternite VIII with 1+1 macrosetae. Male urosternite I with glandular g 1 setae; short, thick, large appendages with a large area of glandular a 1 and a 2 setae; female with subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae.

Habitat and distribution

The four species of this genus are found in subterranean habitats, in the deep areas of caves. It has an amphi-Atlantic distribution, with three species in Mesoamerica and another one in the Rif Mountains, northwestern Africa ( 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).