Flourishing in subterranean ecosystems: Euro-Mediterranean Plusiocampinae and tachycampoids (Diplura, Campodeidae)
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Sendra, Alberto
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Antić, Dragan
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Barranco, Pablo
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Borko, Špela
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Christian, Erhard
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Delić, Teo
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Fadrique, Floren
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Faille, Arnaud
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Galli, Loris
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Gasparo, Fulvio
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Georgiev, Dilian
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Giachino, Pier Mauro
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Lukić, Marko
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Marcia, Paolo
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Miculinić, Kazimir
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Nicolosi, Giuseppe
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Palero, Ferran
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Paragamian, Kaloust
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Pérez, Toni
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Polak, Slavko
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Prieto, Carlos E.
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Turbanov, Ilya
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Vailati, Dante
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Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S.
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-01-10
591
1
138
journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2020.591
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Plusiocampa
(
Plusiocampa
)
aff.
schweitzeri
Condé, 1947
Differential diagnosis against the
type
form
The five studied specimens from Karakaya Cave in
Turkey
(see
Table S
2
in Supplementary Material) share the same macrosetal distribution found in the specimens from
Bosnia and Herzegovina
, with the exception of 7+7
post
macrosetae on urotergite VIII and 9+9
post
macrosetae on abdominal segment IX. Furthermore, two other important features separate these two forms, i.e., the shape of the claws (subequal claws and posterior claw with no backward overhang in the form from Karakaya Cave) and features of the frontal process (simple frontal process without tubercular setae in specimens from Karakaya Cave). However, more material is needed to describe these specimens with different features from Karakaya Cave, Mihalliçik as a new species.
Habitat and distribution
Subterranean species found in five caves of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
in the Dinaric Mountains. The aff. form was found in a cave in the northeast of the Anatolian Peninsula.