Vandelicampa tisserandi Condé, 1955

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 : 109

Vandelicampa tisserandi Condé, 1955

Vandelicampa tisserandi Condé, 1955c: 407 , figs 3–4.

Diagnosis ( Condé 1955c)

Troglomorphic species. Antennae with 29–38 antennomeres; eight to ten olfactory chemoreceptors in cupuliform organ. Long, barbed notal macrosetae; sparse, smooth, long notal clothing setae. One dorsal femoral macroseta; two or three ventral tibial macrosetae; subequal claws (1.04) with large lateral crests, posterior claw without a backward overhang; laminar pretarsus processess with a sharp ending covered with long ventral barbs. Urotergites I–III with 1+1 post macrosetae; urotergite IV with 1+1 la, 3+3 post macrosetae; urotergites V–VII with 3+3 (2+2) la, 4+4 post macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 6+6 post macrosetae; urosternite I with 8+8, urosternites II–VII with 6+6, urosternite VIII with 2+2 macrosetae. Male with subcylindrical appendages of first urosternite similar to those of female.

Habitat and distribution

Subterranean species found in three caves in the karst areas of Lebanon ( Fig. 210 ).

Figures

Fig. 210. Distribution map of Plusiocampinae Paclt, 1957 and tachycampoid phyletic group genera in the Euro-Mediterranean area: Cestocampa Condé, 1956 (green squares), Hystrichocampa Condé, 1948 (grey squares), Jeannelicampa Condé, 1952 (brown squares), Oncinocampa Condé, 1982 (red squares), Paratachycampa Wygodzinsky, 1944 (black squares), Patrizicampa Condé, 1956 (yellow squares), Plusiocampa Silvestri, 1912 (navy blue squares), Tachycampa Silvestri, 1936 (violet squares) and Vandelicampa Condé, 1955 (light blue squares).