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<mods:title id="FA950D51158438090BEFC55CCFC6F80D">Seven new species of the earthworm genus Metaphire Sims &amp; Easton, 1972 from Thailand (Clitellata: Megascolecidae)</mods:title>
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF814974EDDA7397FE13FF3B" bold="true" box="[151,409,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Metaphire trangensis</emphasis>
Bantaowong &amp; Panha
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(
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF814974EDDA7202FE0BFE91" bold="true" box="[151,385,258,283]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Material examined.</emphasis>
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3375),
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, Trang, Na Yong, Peninsular Botanical Garden,
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amsl,
<date id="A00A1025FF814974EF167226FC95FEB5" box="[603,799,294,319]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70" value="2014-01-16">16 January 2014</date>
, leg. U. Bantaowong, C. Sutcharit, P. Pimvichai &amp; W. Siriwut.
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF814974ED8A726EFEC4FE0D" bold="true" box="[199,334,366,391]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">Etymology.</emphasis>
This species is named after the province where it was collected.
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Medium-sized; length
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with 100152 segments. Setae numbering
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VII,
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XX, 1420 between male pores. Male pores paired, secondary openings round, wrinkled radially around margin in segment XVIII, genital markings absent. Spermathecal pores paired in 5/68/9. Ampulla oval, diverticulum ellipsoidal, knob-shaped in the terminal portion. No nephridia on the spermathecal duct. Holandric, intestinal caeca simple, first dorsal pore in 11/12. Prostate glands large, its duct C-shaped, with round copulatory sac.
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF814974EDDA75D8FE9FF964" bold="true" box="[151,277,1752,1774]" pageId="7" pageNumber="70">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
External and internal morphology of
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, holotype (CUMZ 3375).
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External ventral view.
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Internal dorsal view.
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Spermatheca; arrowhead: location of spermathecal pore.
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Description of
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Dimensions
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by
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at segment VII,
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at segment XX,
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at clitellum; body cylindrical with 100 segments. Preserved specimen reddish-brown dorsally, light grayish brown ventrally. Setae regularly distributed around segmental equators, numbering 70 at VII, 88 at XX, 20 between male pores, setal formula AA:AB:ZZ:ZY=1:1:1:1 at XIII. Single female pore at XIV. Prostomium epilobic. First dorsal pore at 11/12. Clitellum annular XIVXVI. Male pores on XVIII, secondary openings transversely oval, wrinkled radially around margins, 0.27 circumference apart ventrally, distance between openings of copulatory pouches
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. Spermathecal pores four pairs, epidermis around each pore slightly wrinkled, in furrows 5/68/9, ventral, pores about 0.40 body circumference ventrally apart, distance between spermathecal pores
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on body circumference. No genital markings in the spermathecal pores region.
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5/67/8 thick,
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absent,
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thin. Gizzard large behind 7/8, intestinal origin in XV, intestinal caeca originating in XXVII, simple, extending to XXI, typhlosole rudimentary. Oesophageal hearts four pairs in XXIII. Holandric; testes and funnels enclosed in paired sacs in X and XI. Seminal vesicles paired in XI XII. Prostate glands large, extending anteriorly to XVII, posteriorly to XXI. Prostatic duct C-shaped, coiled around round copulatory sac in XVIII; coiled clockwise left side, anti-clockwise right side. Ovaries in XIII. Spermathecae four pairs in VIIX. Ampulla large, oval with much shorter duct sharply marked off from the ampulla, diverticulum ellipsoidal with tubercle of circular outline, slightly dilated to form a small ovate knob.
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The 25
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are
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long (142.53±
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), with 100113 segments. The prostate glands may begin in XVI and end in XXII, and the intestinal caeca may extend to XXIV only.
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BED8A716CFEEAFD0F" bold="true" box="[199,352,620,645]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Distribution.</emphasis>
Known only from the
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locality. The species was found at about
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soil depth.
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BED8A718FFEB1FD22" bold="true" box="[199,315,655,680]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BEC0F7190FDB8FD2D" box="[322,562,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Metaphire trangensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BEF74718FFDF3FD22" bold="true" box="[569,633,655,680]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">sp. n.</emphasis>
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is octochaetal with spermathecal pores in 5/68/9, and it has no genital markings. This species keys out with the
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BEF2C71B4FD49FD46" box="[609,707,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">ignobilis</emphasis>
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species group, which contains six species (
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):
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BEDDA71D9FEABFD7A" box="[151,289,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. dalatana</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BEF7171D9FD51FD7A" box="[572,731,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. langbiangi</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="B0254B14FF8E497BEFA671D7FC3CFD7A" author="Michaelsen" box="[747,950,727,752]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" refString="Michaelsen, W. (1934) Oligochaeten von Franzosisch-Indochina. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et Generale, 76, 493 - 546." type="journal article" year="1934">Michaelsen, 1934</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
from
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,
<taxonomicName id="13B44D66FF8E497BE93F71D9FA16FD7A" authority="Gates, 1935" authorityName="Gates" authorityYear="1935" box="[1138,1436,727,752]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Metaphire" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="ignobilis">
<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BE93F71D9FB71FD7A" box="[1138,1275,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. ignobilis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="B0254B14FF8E497BE84671D8FA1EFD7A" author="Gates" box="[1291,1428,727,752]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" refString="Gates, G. E. (1935) On some earthworms from East Perak and Christmas Island. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, 10, 80 - 95." type="journal article" year="1935">Gates, 1935</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="ACA37675FF8E497BED9571FCFE97FC9F" box="[216,285,764,789]" name="China" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">China</collectingCountry>
,
<taxonomicName id="13B44D66FF8E497BEC6171FDFD3EFC9E" authority="Michaelsen, 1932" authorityName="Michaelsen" authorityYear="1932" box="[300,692,764,789]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Metaphire" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="feuerborni">
<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BEC6171FDFE41FC9E" box="[300,459,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. feuerborni</emphasis>
(Michaelsen, 1932)
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from southern Sumatra,
<taxonomicName id="13B44D66FF8E497BEE9471FDFACAFC9F" authority="Ohfuchi, 1957" authorityName="Ohfuchi" authorityYear="1957" box="[985,1344,764,789]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Metaphire" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="riukiuensis">
<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BEE9471FDFBF7FC9E" box="[985,1149,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. riukiuensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="B0254B14FF8E497BE9C271FCFABDFC9F" author="Ohfuchi" box="[1167,1335,764,789]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" refString="Ohfuchi, S. (1957) On a collection of the terrestrial Oligochaeta obtained from the various laclities in Riu-kiu Islands, together with the consideration of their geographical distribution (Part II). Journal of Agricultural Science (Tokyo Nagyo Daigaku), 3, 243 - 261." type="journal article" year="1957">Ohfuchi, 1957</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="13B44D66FF8E497BE83071FDFE32FCB2" authority="Ohfuchi, 1938" authorityName="Ohfuchi" authorityYear="1938" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Metaphire" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="tosaensis">
<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BE83071FDFF74FCBD" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. tosaensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="B0254B14FF8E497BEC46701FFE25FCB2" author="Ohfuchi" box="[267,431,799,824]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" refString="Ohfuchi, S. (1938) New and little known forms of earthworms, Pheretima from Nippon. Saito-Ho-On Kai Museum Research Bulletin, 15, 53 - 66." type="journal article" year="1938">Ohfuchi, 1938</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="ACA37675FF8E497BECB67020FDB4FCBD" box="[507,574,800,823]" name="Japan" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Japan</collectingCountry>
. The first four species are smaller than
<taxonomicName id="13B44D66FF8E497BEEBF7021FB06FCBD" box="[1010,1164,800,824]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Metaphire" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="trangensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BEEBF7021FB06FCBD" box="[1010,1164,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. trangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="FDF3578CFF8E497BE9DF701FFB5BFCB2" box="[1170,1233,799,824]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" rank="species">
<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BE9DF701FFB5BFCB2" bold="true" box="[1170,1233,799,824]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">sp. n.</emphasis>
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, their body length and diameter not exceeding
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and
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, respectively. The two species from
<collectingCountry id="ACA37675FF8E497BE93E7045FB39FCD6" box="[1139,1203,837,860]" name="Japan" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">Japan</collectingCountry>
are about as large as
<taxonomicName id="13B44D66FF8E497BEDDA7069FEBCFCF5" box="[151,310,872,896]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Metaphire" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="trangensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BEDDA7069FEBCFCF5" box="[151,310,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. trangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BEC0C7067FE0FFC0A" bold="true" box="[321,389,871,896]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">sp. n.</emphasis>
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The new species differs from them in the aspect of the male field. The secondary male openings of
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BEC67708DFE42FC2E" box="[298,456,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. trangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BEC9E708CFD9CFC2F" bold="true" box="[467,534,908,933]" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">sp. n.</emphasis>
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have the shape of transverse slits invaginated into segment XVIII, while
<taxonomicName id="13B44D66FF8E497BE830708DFE98FC42" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Metaphire" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="8" pageNumber="71" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="riukiuensis">
<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BE830708DFE98FC42" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. riukiuensis</emphasis>
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has seminal grooves from segment XVII to XIX, and
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BEEED70B1FBBBFC4D" box="[928,1073,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. tosaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has male openings on slightly elevated oblong areas. Moreover, both
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BEF1970D5FD7CFC66" box="[596,758,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. riukuiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8E497BEE6270D5FC36FC66" box="[815,956,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="71">M. tosaensis</emphasis>
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have serrate intestinal caeca and elongate spermathecal diverticula.
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