Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) aff. lagoi Silvestri, 1932

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 : 69

Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) aff. lagoi Silvestri, 1932

Differential diagnosis against the type form

One female and two juveniles (Coll. AS) collected in a couple of Croatian caves (see Table S 2 in Supplementary Material) show several differences from the type form in: the non-troglomorphic shape; antennae with 24 antennomeres and four simple olfactory chemoreceptors; the number of urotergal macrosetae, with 1+1 post macrosetae on urotergite III, 6+6 post macrosetae on urotergite VIII and 8+8 post macrosetae on abdominal segment IX; and a unique ventral tibial macroseta.

Habitat and distribution

Hypogean species found in edaphic habitats. The nominate form is known from a couple of localities in Marizza and Cremastò, Ródos, Greece. The aff. form was found in two caves in the Dinaric Mountains.