Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) humicola Ionescu, 1951

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 : 63

Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) humicola Ionescu, 1951

Plusiocampa humicola Ionescu, 1951: 528 , figs 1–6.

Diagnosis ( Ionescu 1951; Sendra et al. 2012b)

Non-troglomorphic species. Antennae with 21–23 doliiform antennomeres; four or five olfactory chemoreceptors; frontal process without 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 la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 mp macrosetae; long, barbed notal macrosetae. Two ventral tibial macrosetae; slightly unequal claws (1.1–1.2) with large lateral crests, posterior claw without backward overhang. Urotergites I–II with 1+1 post macrosetae; urotergite III with 2+2 post macrosetae; urotergite IV with 1+1 la, 4+4 post macrosetae; urotergite V with 1+1 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergites VI–VII with 2+2 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 without glandular g 1 setae; subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae. Appendages of female slightly thinner, subcylindrical, with glandular a 1 setae.

Habitat and distribution

Soil-dwelling species found at four sites around the South Carpathian Mountains, including the Transylvanian reliefs, Romania.