Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) aff. isterina Condé, 1993

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 : 64

Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) aff. isterina Condé, 1993

Differential diagnosis against the type form

This record is based on seven specimens found in Ledenjača Cave, Bosnia and Herzegovina (see Table S 2 in Supplementary Material). Due to their clear differences from the type of P. (P.) isterina , described from Movile Cave, they have been identified as P. (P.) aff. isterina . Specimens from Ledenjača Cave have a higher number of antennomeres (25–28), six olfactory chemoreceptors in a relatively large cupuliform organ (occupying one third of a short antennomere) and a clearer protruding frontal process with remarkable tuberculate setae.

Habitat and distribution

Non-troglomorphic species. The nominate form is found in Peştera Movile Cave, Southern Dobruja, Romania. The aff. form is found in a cave in the Dinaric Mountains, Bosnia and Hercegovina.