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Etymology: Named after the
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locality.
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External features: Body cylindrical. In life pigmented dorsally, with pale violet tint; grey when preserved in alcohol.
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long,
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wide at 10 and
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at tubercula pubertatis.
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long.
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:
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420.
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: prolobous, small.
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: secondary annulation present on preclitellar segments; 1 and 2 simple, short, with irregular longitudinal grooves; 3 simple, longer than first or second segment; 48 with two simple ringlets; 9 with two annulated ringlets; 10, 11 and postclitellar segments irregularly annulated.
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: closely paired in regular rows;
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&gt;
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,
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=
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.
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: conspicuous, anterior to
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setae; first pair in intersegmental furrow 2/3.
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: in 14 between
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setae.
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: in 17/18 or 18, in region of tubercula pubertatis.
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: obvious, in intersegmental furrows 11/12 and 12/13.
<emphasis id="AB90986C820EFFAA6E3FFC74FD1AFC32" box="[607,702,942,966]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="105">Papillae</emphasis>
: on 20, paired, moderate swellings, linked with genital glands.
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Figs 1, 2.
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, holotype: (1) ventral view with clitellum and tuberculum pubertatis, 60 X; (2) dorsal dissection of preclitellar part of body, showing anterior parts of vas deferens, and spermathecae, 90 X. Abbreviations: C
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clitellum, Ttuberculum pubertatis, Spspermatheca, Vvas deferens commencing in segments 10 and 11.
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Clitellar region (
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):
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: saddle-shaped, segmented, white, on 12,1323; on 12 dorsally with poorly defined border; posteriorly clearly marked; laterally clitellar tissues extending to
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setal lines.
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: rectangular pads with rounded corners, irregularly creased, segmented; on 1720, covering only partially intersegmental furrow 16/17; clearly separated from clitellar tissues by narrow rims; dorsal borders below
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setae, ventral above
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setae, rimmed.
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Internal characters:
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: 4/56/7 not thickened; 7/8 and 8/9 strongly thickened, muscular; other septa thin.
<emphasis id="AB90986C820FFFAB6D01FE63FE11FE25" box="[353,437,441,465]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="106">Gizzard</emphasis>
: in 7, spherical, muscular, posteriorly softened.
<emphasis id="AB90986C820FFFAB6FC6FE63FBC9FE25" box="[934,1133,441,465]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="106">Calciferous glands</emphasis>
: in 9, attached closely to oesophagus, separated dorsally and ventrally.
<emphasis id="AB90986C820FFFAB6FEEFE03FC4DFE05" box="[910,1001,473,497]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="106">Intestine</emphasis>
: commences in 13.
<emphasis id="AB90986C820FFFAB6D62FE23FEDDFDE5" box="[258,377,505,529]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="106">Typhlosole</emphasis>
: commences in 13 as thin tube, gradually enlarging and becoming U-shaped; in
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terminates in 260.
<emphasis id="AB90986C820FFFAB6E12FDC3FCE3FDC5" box="[626,839,537,561]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="106">Dorsal blood vessel</emphasis>
: 47 thin, double; 8 double, widely separated; 9 enlarged, double, cordiform; simple when crossing septa; in 10 and following segments enlarged, simple.
<emphasis id="AB90986C820FFFAB6E26FD83FCCEFD85" box="[582,874,601,625]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="106">Paired dorsoventral vessels</emphasis>
: 58 thin, 911 enlarged, moniliform.
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: holonephridia; large, bushy coiled loops, with extended V-shaped, much elongated caeca.
<emphasis id="AB90986C820FFFAB6DD5FD43FDE7FD45" box="[437,579,665,689]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="106">Male funnels</emphasis>
: holandric arrangement; two pairs, different in size and appearance. Anterior pair large, iridescent, enclosed in sacs, occupying large part of segment 10; posterior pair in 11, small, enclosed in seminal sacs closely connected at septum of 10/11.
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deferentia
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(
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): commencing on lateral sides of male funnels in 10 and 11 respectively, extending to 12 where becoming close, extend as fused tubes, proceeding to intersegmental furrow 17/18, where entering body wall.It was not established if male pores are in intersegmental furrow 17/18, or proceed to 18.
<emphasis id="AB90986C820FFFAB6FEEFC83FB9BFC85" box="[910,1087,857,881]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="106">Seminal vesicles</emphasis>
: one pair, large sacs, commencing at septum 10/11 extending to 11.
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: in 12 and 13; two pairs per segment; each spermatheca on enlarged base; ampulla extended and slightly bent or curved posteriorly; ectal parts entering into intersegmental furrows 11/12 and 12/13; iridescence observed in posterior parts of elongated ampullae.
<emphasis id="AB90986C820FFFAB6FEFFC03FC40FC05" box="[911,996,985,1009]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="106">Ovaries</emphasis>
: large, folded funnels in 13, adjacent to septum 13/14; oviduct simple, extending in 14 to area of
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setae.
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: one pair in 20; each gland composed of two finger-shaped, twisted and folded parts; in
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anterior parts proceed to 16, posterior to 2122, partly proceeding under intestine; both glands linked with external papillae.
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Comparison and comments: This species is distinctive in having spermathecal pores in intersegmental furrows 11/12 and 12/13. Previously this character has been noted only in two other species of this genus:
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<emphasis id="AB90986C820FFFAB6E24FB1EFD4BFB28" box="[580,751,1220,1244]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="106">M. caementerii</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="AB90986C820FFFAB6F99FB1EFBD2FB28" box="[1017,1142,1220,1244]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="106">M. griphus</emphasis>
Plisko, 2002
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. However, these three species differ vastly in their body sizes, pigmentation, position and shape of their clitella and tubercula pubertatis, and thickness of septa. They are geographically widely separated narrow-range-endemics. It is noteworthy that in the majority of species of holandric
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<emphasis id="AB90986C820FFFAB6EC0FA9EFC9DFAA8" box="[672,825,1348,1372]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="106">Microchaetus</emphasis>
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, the spermathecal pores are present in the intersegmental furrows 12/13 and 13/14, whereas in the species of the proandric genus
<taxonomicName id="5EE43FFD820FFFAB6DE4FA5EFDB3FA68" authorityName="Plisko" authorityYear="1992" box="[388,535,1412,1436]" class="Clitellata" family="Microchaetidae" genus="Proandricus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL,GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" pageId="3" pageNumber="106" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="AB90986C820FFFAB6DE4FA5EFDB3FA68" box="[388,535,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="106">Proandricus</emphasis>
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the spermathecal pores occur most frequently in intersegmental furrows 11/12 and 12/13 (Table 1).
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<emphasis id="AB90986C820FFFAB6E8DFA7EFCD8FA48" box="[749,892,1444,1468]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="106">M. tegwanus</emphasis>
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has
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funnels, a holandric character, although the second pair is much smaller than the anterior one. Two pairs of
<emphasis id="AB90986C820FFFAB6D2BFA3EFE52FA08" box="[331,502,1508,1532]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="106">vasa deferentia</emphasis>
starting in segments 10 and 11 on each side of the body, run to segment 12, where they become close and fused.
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: clitellate,
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:
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,
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(
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:
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), in moist soil of grassland with rye-grass,
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,
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:
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/
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03782, 1 cl, and
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/Olig.03785,
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, near type locality,
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,
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.
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Other material examined:
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/
<collectorName id="341121A88208FFAC6DA4FF16FE54FF14" box="[452,496,204,224]" pageId="4" pageNumber="107">Olig.</collectorName>
03776, 1 cl, and
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/Olig.03783,
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, near
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locality, in marshy area,
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,
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.
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<paragraph id="995B447E8208FFAC6CF0FEDCFB80FE8B" blockId="4.[144,1104,204,447]" pageId="4" pageNumber="107">Biological notes and distribution: The species was found in grassland soil, under roots of various plants, in moderately moist and also marshy sites. The presence of sperm in male funnels and spermathecae indicates maturity and readiness for reproduction, suggesting sexual activity of this species in summer, extending into early autumn.</paragraph>
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The type locality and other collection sites are in the foothills of the Drakensberg range in
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.
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