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
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1
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journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2020.591
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Plusiocampa
(
Plusiocampa
)
aff.
lagoi
Silvestri, 1932
Differential diagnosis against the
type
form
One female and two juveniles (Coll.
AS
) collected in a couple of Croatian caves (see
Table S
2
in Supplementary Material) show several differences from the
type
form in: the non-troglomorphic shape; antennae with 24 antennomeres and four simple olfactory chemoreceptors; the number of urotergal macrosetae, with 1+1
post
macrosetae on urotergite III, 6+6
post
macrosetae on urotergite VIII and 8+8
post
macrosetae on abdominal segment IX; and a unique ventral tibial macroseta.
Habitat and distribution
Hypogean species found in edaphic habitats. The nominate form is known from a couple of localities in Marizza and Cremastò, Ródos,
Greece
. The aff. form was found in two caves in the Dinaric Mountains.