Plusiocampa

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 : 24

Subgenus Plusiocampa s. str. Silvestri, 1912

Diagnosis ( Silvestri 1912; Condé 1955a; Sendra & Weber 2018)

Lateral crests on claws from small to large, with subequal to very unequal, elbow-like claws; one dorsal femoral; from one to four ventral tibial macrosetae; setifom and smooth (in several species with a few proximal barbs) pretarsal lateral processes. Sternite I with 6+6–9+9, sternites II–VII with 4+4–7+7 and sternite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae (with the exception of P. (P.) dargilani ). Cerci elongated, with long articles covered in long, thin macrosetae with thin barbs and thin, smooth clothing setae.

Habitat and distribution

Within humid soils and MSS, but with a preference for the deep subterranean spaces found in caves, including the deepest caves in the world. The 60 species and 9 subspecies of this subgenus are wellspread around the Euro-Mediterranean region, from Southern Europe, including a small karst area in North Africa (Kabylian Mountains, Tell Atlas), throughout south of Central to Southeastern Europe and also reaching some spots in the Anatolian and Crimean peninsulas and Western Caucasus ( Fig. 211 ).

Figures

Fig. 211. Distribution map of subgenera of Plusiocampa Silvestri, 1912: Dydimocampa Paclt, 1957 (blue squares), Pentachaetocampa Sendra & Weber, 2018 (black square), Plusiocampa s. str. (red squares), Stygiocampa Silvestri, 1934 (green squares) and Venetocampa Bareth & Condé, 1984 (yellow squares).