Revision of Acrochordonoposthia Reisinger, 1924 (Rhabditophora, Typhloplanidae, Protoplanellinae) with the description of one new species
Author
Houben, Albrecht M.
Author
Proesmans, Willem
Author
Bert, Wim
Author
Artois, Tom J.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3790
1
journal volume
45978
10.11646/zootaxa.3790.1.2
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1175-5326
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Acrochordonoposthia apopera
Reisinger, 1924
(Figs 2A–B)
Known literature
.
Acrochordonoposthia apopera
Reisinger (1924a)
: 78–79;
Schwank (1981)
: 110–111, figs 5F–G.
Known distribution
. Platte, near Graz,
Austria
, a single specimen in moss in a forest meadow (
Reisinger 1924a
); wells and mountain streams, Hessen,
Germany
(
Schwank 1981
)
Material.
None
Remarks
. According to
Reisinger (1924a)
and
Schwank (1981)
, specimens of this taxon are
0.5–0.8 mm
long.
The protonephridiopores open ventrally, somewhat rostrally from the mid point of the body. The length of the copulatory organ varies from 25 to 50 µm and it is provided with a cylindrical pouch (12 µm long and 6 µm wide). Its cirrus is relatively long, with a proximal part showing several S-shaped loops and a distal part bearing strong, sclerotized spines, which are directed towards the atrium. Only very little prostate secretion is present. A bursa and a seminal receptacle are lacking.