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Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) bulgarica Silvestri 1931

Creators

  • 1. Research Team on Soil Biology and Subterranean Ecosystems, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, University of Alcalá (UAH), A. P. 20, Campus Universitario, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. & Colecciones Entomológicas Torres-Sala, Servei de Patrimoni Històric, Ajuntament de València, 46230 València, Spain.
  • 2. University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
  • 3. Department of Biology and Geology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain.
  • 4. SubBio Lab, Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • 5. Institute of Zoology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor Mendel Str. 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria.
  • 6. Associació Catalana de Biospeleologia (BIOSP), C / Moreres 3, lʼHospitalet de lʼInfant, 43890 Tarragona, Spain.
  • 7. Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany.
  • 8. Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genova, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy.
  • 9. Commissione Grotte " E. Boegan ", Società Alpina delle Giulie, C. A. I., Via Donota 2, 34121 Trieste, Italy.
  • 10. Department of Ecology and Environmental Conservation, University of Plovdiv, Tzar Assen Str. 24, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
  • 11. Settore Fitosanitario Regionale, Environment Park, Palazzina A 2, via Livorno 60, 10144 Torino, Italy. & Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University, Šrobárova 2, 04180 Košice, Slovakia.
  • 12. Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University, Šrobárova 2, 04180 Košice, Slovakia.
  • 13. Croatian Biospeleological Society, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
  • 14. Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.
  • 15. Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Via Accademia Albertina 13, 10123 Torino, Italy.
  • 16. Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, ul. Banacha 12 / 16, 90 - 237 Łódź, Poland. & Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK.
  • 17. Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research, Ethnikis Antistaseos 82, 71306 Irakleion, Crete, Greece
  • 18. Grupo de Espeleología de Villacarrillo, Plaza 28 de Febrero, nº 5, 1 º – 2 ª, 23300 Villacarrillo (Jaén), Spain
  • 19. Notranjska Museum Postojna, Kolodvorska c. 3, 6230 Postojna, Slovenia.
  • 20. Departamento de Zoología y Biología Celular Animal, University of the Basque Country, P. O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain.
  • 21. Institute of the Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl Region, 1527432 Russia & Cherepovets State University, Cherepovets, Vologda Region, 162600 Russia
  • 22. Via Interna 8, 25127 Brescia, Italy
  • 23. Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

Description

Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) bulgarica Silvestri, 1931

Figs 42–43

Plusiocampa bulgarica Silvestri, 1931b: 103, figs vi–viii.

Diagnosis (Silvestri 1931b; Bareth & Condé 2001)

Troglomorphic species. Antennae with 24–30 antennomeres; 10 complex olfactory chemoreceptors in cupuliform organ; protruding frontal process with tubercular setae. Pronotum with 1+1 ma, 4+4 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; a few long, distally barbed notal clothing setae. Two or three 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 0+0–1+1 la, 1+1–2+2 post macrosetae; urotergite IV with 1+1 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergite V with 2+2 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergites VI–VII with 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 a large area of glandular g 1 setae and slightly enlarged appendages with glandular a 1 setae; female with subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae.

Remarks

The study of 38 specimens collected from two new caves (see Table S 2 in Supplementary Material) allowed the addition of information to the diagnosis, including the observation of the pretarsal structures (Figs 42–43).

Habitat and distribution

Subterranean species found in 16 caves in the Balkan and Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria.

Notes

Published as part of 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), pp. 1-138 in European Journal of Taxonomy 591 on pages 37-38, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.591, http://zenodo.org/record/3659823

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Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/737287D7FF9DEC0BFE5FFAD7FB07FDD6

Cites
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.3659841 (DOI)
Dataset: http://table.plazi.org/id/AFA46649FFA0EC37FF3BFEB5FA9EFE97 (URL)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.5852/ejt.2020.591 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/3659823 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/8F4BFFAFFFB9EC2EFF86FFB8FFD5FFDC (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/5CB610DA-F9C9-4213-80E8-8A8901895A18 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/737287D7FF9DEC0BFE5FFAD7FB07FDD6 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/162059187 (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Campodeidae
Genus
Plusiocampa
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diplura
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Silvestri
Species
bulgarica
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) bulgarica Silvestri, 1931 sec. Sendra, Antić, Barranco, Borko, Christian, Delić, Fadrique, Faille, Galli, Gasparo, Georgiev, Giachino, Kovac, Lukić, Marcia, Miculinić, Nicolosi, Palero, Paragamian, Pérez, Polak, Prieto, Turbanov, Vailati & Reboleira, 2020

References

  • Silvestri F. 1931 a. Campodeidae (Insecta Thysanura) dell'estremo Oriente. Bolletino del Laboratorio d'Entomologia agraria in Portici 25: 286 - 320.
  • Silvestri F. 1931 b. Contributo alla conoscenza dei Campodeidae (Thysanura) della grotte della Bulgaria. Bulletin des Institutions royales d'Histoire naturelle a Sofia 6: 97 - 107.
  • Bareth C. & Conde B. 2001. Campodeides des grottes de Bulgarie (Insecta: Diplura). Memoires de Bioespeologie 28: 9 - 27.