Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) provincialis provincialis Condé, 1949

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 : 75

Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) provincialis provincialis Condé, 1949

Plusiocampa provincialis Condé, 1949: 166 , figs a–b, d–h.

Diagnosis ( Condé 1949, 1957, 1981a, 1983; Bareth 2006)

Troglomorphic species. Antennae with 30–36 antennomeres; sensillum of third antennomere very long, in ventral position; 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; barbed notal clothing setae. Two ventral tibial macrosetae; subequal claws (1.06) with large lateral crests, posterior claw with a small backward overhang. Urotergites I–II with 2+2 post macrosetae; urotergite III with 2+2– 3+3 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 7+7 post macrosetae; thick clothing setae on abdominal segments IX–X; 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 appendages with glandular a 2 setae.

Habitat and distribution

Subterranean species found in nine caves around Massif de Marseilleveyre and the Sainte-Baume Massif, Alps de Provence, southeastern France.