Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) socia Condé, 1983

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 : 82

Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) socia Condé, 1983

Plusiocampa socia Condé, 1956b: 200 (nomen nudum).

Plusiocampa socia Condé, 1983: 900 , figs 1a, 2–4.

Diagnosis ( Condé 1983)

Troglomorphic species. Antennae with 36 antennomeres; nine complex olfactory chemoreceptors in cupuliform organ; protruding 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, smooth or with a few distal barbs. Two ventral tibial macrosetae; subequal claws (1.05) with large lateral crests, posterior claw with a small backward overhang. Urosternite I with 2+1 post macrosetae; urotergite II with 2+2 post macrosetae; urotergite III with 0+1 la, 2+2 post macrosetae; urotergites IV–V with 1+1 la, 2+2 post macrosetae; urotergite VI with 3+3–2+2 la, 4+4 post macrosetae; urotergite VII with 3+3 la, 4+4 post macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 6+6 post macrosetae; urosternite I with 8+7, urosternites II–VII with 5+5, urosternite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae. Male unknown; subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae in females.

Habitat and distribution

Subterranean species found only in Grotta di Gana ‘e Gortoe, Siniscola, Eastern Sardinia.