Plusiocampa (Dydimocampa) alhamae Condé & Sendra, 1989

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 : 21

Plusiocampa (Dydimocampa) alhamae Condé & Sendra, 1989

Plusiocampa alhamae Condé & Sendra, 1989: 612 , figs 1–3, tables 1–3.

Diagnosis ( Condé & Sendra 1989)

Troglomorphic species. Antennae with 35–40 antennomeres; up to 17 digitiform complex olfactory chemoreceptors on cupuliform organ; slightly protruding frontal process with tubercular setae. Pronotum with 1+1 ma, 3+3 la, 2+2 lp macrosetae; mesonotum with 1+1 ma, 2+2 la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 mp macrosetae; metanotum with 1+1 ma, 1+1 la, 2+2 lp, 1+1 mp macrosetae; long, barbed notal macrosetae with thin barbs; sparse long, barbed notal clothing setae. Two to four ventral tibial macrosetae, femur/tibia ratio 0.69; subequal, elbow-like claws with large lateral crests, posterior claw with a small backward overhang; long lateral process. Urotergites I–II with 1+1 post macrosetae; urotergite III with 0+0–1+1 la, 1+1 post macrosetae; urotergite IV with 1+1 la, 2+2–4+4 post macrosetae; urotergite V with 1+1 la, 4+4–5+5 post macrosetae; urotergites VI–VII with 1+1 la, 5+5 post macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 6+6 post macrosetae; abdominal segment IX with up to 8+8 macrosetae; urosternite I with 7+7, urosternites II–VII with 5+5, urosternite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae. Male with an area of glandular g 1 setae, subcylindrical appendages with glandular a 1 setae; female appendages like male appendages. Spermatozoid fascicle wheels with 1½ turns of 100–140 µm long and 2 µm wide filament.

Habitat and distribution

Troglomorphic species found in four caves around the Sub-Baetic Interior Mountain Range, from Antequera (Málaga) to Sierra María (Almería), southern Iberian Peninsula.