Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) dublanskii Sendra & Antić & Barranco & Borko & Christian & Delić & Fadrique & Faille & Galli & Gasparo & Georgiev & Giachino & Lukić & Marcia & Miculinić & Nicolosi & Palero & Paragamian & Pérez & Polak & Prieto & Turbanov & Vailati & Reboleira 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Sendra, Alberto
name: Antić, Dragan
name: Barranco, Pablo
name: Borko, Špela
name: Christian, Erhard
name: Delić, Teo
name: Fadrique, Floren
name: Faille, Arnaud
name: Galli, Loris
name: Gasparo, Fulvio
name: Georgiev, Dilian
name: Giachino, Pier Mauro
name: Kovac, L'ubomír
name: Lukić, Marko
name: Marcia, Paolo
name: Miculinić, Kazimir
name: Nicolosi, Giuseppe
name: Palero, Ferran
name: Paragamian, Kaloust
name: Pérez, Toni
name: Polak, Slavko
name: Prieto, Carlos E.
name: Turbanov, Ilya
name: Vailati, Dante
name: Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Diplura
Campodeidae
Plusiocampa
Plusiocampa dublanskii

description: Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) aff. dublanskii sp. nov.
Fig. 49–50
Material examinedWESTERN CAUCASUS • 1 ♂; Abkhazia, Ochamchira District, near Otap Village, Abrskila Cave; 9 Sep. 2014; I.S. Turbanov leg.; ZMMU.
Remarks
Body length 2.8 mm. It shows some differences from the type form in the number of macrosetae on the pronotum (1+2 la 2,3), metanotum (1+1 la), urotergite IV (without la macrosetae), urotergite V (without la and 1+1 post 1), urotergite VI (1+1 la, 2+2 post 1,2), urotergite VII (2+2 la 2,3, 2+2 post 1,2), urotergite VIII (4+4 post) and abdominal segment IX (7+7 post).
Phyletic affinities, habitat and distribution
Among the described species of Plusiocampa s. str., P. (P.) bulgarica, P (P.) elongata, P. (P.) vodniensis and P. (P.) beroni from the Balkan karst region (Condé 1954a; Bareth & Condé 2001; Sendra et al. 2012b), P. (P.) strouhali, P. (P.) caprai, P. (P.) grandii and P. (P.) hoelzeli from the Alps (Condé 1954a; Neuherz 1984) and P. (P.) fagei from caves on Mallorca (Condé 1955b) share two important taxonomic characters with P. (P.) dublanskii sp. nov.: the distinctly unequal claws with large lateral crests and an evident backward overhang on the posterior claw, and the presence of medial posterior macrosetae on the mesonotum and metanotum. Nonetheless, the absence of ventral tibial macrosetae or the extremely unequal claws with unequal lateral pretarsal processes suggest a completely different relationship with the unclear subgenus Venetocampa from the Veneto region, northern Italian Peninsula. These new troglomorphic taxa live in two separated karst regions in the north (Crimea) and the east (Western Caucasus) of the Black Sea. The important differences between the two studied specimens are remarkable, in particular the number and distribution of the macrosetae on the urotergites and abdominal segment, something that should be reviewed in the future with further samples.
description: Published as part of 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), pp. 1-138 in European Journal of Taxonomy 591 on page 47, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.591, http://zenodo.org/record/3659823