Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) hystricula Bareth & Condé, 1984

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 : 63-64

Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) hystricula Bareth & Condé, 1984

Plusiocampa hystricula Bareth & Condé, 1984: 133 , fig. 1.

Diagnosis ( Bareth & Condé 1984)

Troglomorphic species. Antennae with 31 antennomeres (regenerated antenna); 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, 2+2 la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 mp macrosetae; long, barbed notal macrosetae; abundant notal clothing setae. Two ventral tibial macrosetae; slightly unequal claws (1.2) with large lateral crests, posterior claw with a small backward overhang. Urotergite I with 2+2 post macrosetae; urotergite II with 2+3 post macrosetae; urotergite III with 3+3 post macrosetae; urotergite IV with 1+1 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergites V–VII with 3+3 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 7+7 post macrosetae; abdominal segment IX with 9+9 post macrosetae; urosternite I with 7+7, urosternites II–VII with 5+5, urosternite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae. Male unknown; female with subcylindrical appendages bearing glandular a 1 setae.

Habitat and distribution

Subterranean species, found only in Bus de Bec Cave, Brescia, Italian Alps.