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Plusiocampa (Pentachaetocampa) inopinata Sendra & Weber 2018

  • 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 (Pentachaetocampa) inopinata Sendra & Weber, 2018

Plusiocampa (Pentachaetocampa) inopinata Sendra & Weber, 2018: 5, figs 1–17, table 1.

Diagnosis (Sendra & Weber 2018)

Troglomorphic species. Sparse thin and long clothing notal setae with thin barbs. Antennae in adults with 32–33 antennomeres. Cupuliform organ with 12–14 complex olfactory chemoreceptors. Frontal process developed, with slightly tubercular setae and macrosetae. 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, 1+1 la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 mp macrosetae; long, thin macrosetae, with very thin barbs; subequal to slightly unequal claws (posterior claw 1.05–1.15) with large lateral crests; posterior claw with backward overhang; pretarsal lateral process long, smooth and setiform with several short proximal barbs. Urotergites I–II with 1+1 post 1 macrosetae; urotergite III with 1+1 la, 1+1 post macrosetae; urotergite IV with 1+1 la, 2+2 (3+2, 3+3) post macrosetae; urotergites V–VII with 1+1 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 6+6 (5+6, 5+5) post macrosetae; abdominal segment IX with 8+8 (8+7) post macrosetae. Urosternite I with 7+7 (7+6), urosternites II–VII with 5+5, urosternite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae. Male with a narrow area with glandular g 1 setae, enlarged subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae; female with glandular g 1 setae with subcylindrical appendages, thinner than in male.

Habitat and distribution

Monotypic subgenus known only from a single cave in southwest Germany (Fig. 211).

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 page 24, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.591, http://zenodo.org/record/3659823

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References

  • Sendra A. & Weber D. 2018. An unexpected discovery of a new subgenus and a species of Plusiocampa (Campodeidae, Diplura) alongside an overview of Central European subterranean campodeids. European Journal of Taxonomy 428: 1 - 21. https: // doi. org / 10.5852 / ejt. 2018.428