A surprising new genus and species of cave-adapted Plusiocampinae Cycladiacampa irakleiae (Diplura, Campodeidae) from Irakleia Island, Cyclades Islands in the Aegean Archipelago (Greece)
| Autor: | Alberto Sendra, Ioannis Nikoloudakis, Kaloust Paragamian, Ioannis Gavalas, Jesús Selfa |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
Campodeidae Diplurinae Carbotriplurida 01 natural sciences Dipluridae Genus Thelyphonida Bilateria Mygalomorphae 0601 history and archaeology fauna lcsh:QH301-705.5 geography.geographical_feature_category 060102 archaeology biology CYCLADES Cephalornis Entognatha 06 humanities and the arts Archipelago Araneae Campodeidae troglobite fauna new species biogeography Chasmataspidida Coelenterata Arthropoda Campodeoidea Nephrozoa 010607 zoology Protostomia Soil Science troglobite Diplura Circumscriptional names of the taxon under Cave Arachnida Animalia biogeography Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation new species geography Dipluroidea biology.organism_classification Archaeology lcsh:Biology (General) Notchia Ecdysozoa Animal Science and Zoology |
| Zdroj: | Subterranean Biology, Vol 35, Iss, Pp 15-32 (2020) Subterranean Biology 35: 15-32 |
| ISSN: | 1314-2615 |
| Popis: | The surprising discovery ofCycladiacampa irakleiae, a new genus and species, a cave-adapted campodeid dipluran highlights the paleobiogeographical importance of the insular Aegean cave-ecosystems. This new dipluran genus inhabits with other noticeable endemic cave-adapted invertebrate species in the isolated Spilaio Agiou Ioanni cave in Irakleia, a small island in the centre of the Cyclades Archipelago.C. irakleiaegen. nov. et sp. nov.is related with Stygiocampa species, a subgenus of Plusiocampa genus, with hereto six cave-adapted species inhabiting karst areas in Dinaric and the Rhopode Mountains. These species share similarities such as the absence of mesonotal and metanotal macrosetae, the abundance and shape of urosternal macrosetae, as well as the lack of medial posterior macrosetae on mesonotum and metanotum. This can be explained by a common ancestor that probably originated from Asia and expanded its distribution to the fragmented Europe since the Eocene-Oligocene, colonizing cave habitats in recent periods.Cycladiacampa irakleiaeis a remarkable addition to the fauna of the cave of Irakleia and should raise awareness on the need to enhance the study and conservation of the cave’s natural heritage. |
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