Review of the Eisenia muganiensis (Michaelsen, 1910) species group with description of two new species (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae)
Author
Szederjesi, Tímea
Author
Pavlíček, Tomás
Author
Latif, Robabeh
Author
Csuzdi, Csaba
text
Zootaxa
2014
3884
3
282
288
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3884.3.7
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Eisenia transcaucasica
(
Perel,
1967
)
Allolobophora transcaucasica
Perel,
1967
:
108
.
Eisenia transcaucasica
:
Perel
1974
:
1610
;
1979
:
223
;
1997
:
73
.
Eisenia transcaucasica transcaucasica
:
Kvavadze
1985
:
162
.
Diagnosis
. Length
49–62 mm
, diameter
4–5 mm
, setae closely paired. Colour pale. First dorsal pore in
4
/
5
. Clitellum on
1
/
2
26
, 26–36, tubercles on
31–35
. Male pore on
15
, surrounded by glandular crescents. Four pairs of vesicles in
9–12
. Spermathecae two pairs in
9
/
10, 10
/
11
, open near
cd
. Calciferous glands in
11, 12
without distinct diverticula. Nephridial bladders simple, sausage-shaped. Longitudinal musculature fasciculated.
Distribution
. Western Caucasus around Krasnaya Polyana and in the Caucasian Biosphere Reserve,
Russia
(
Kvavadze
1985
).
Remarks
. This diagnosis is from the original description.
Kvavadze (
1985
)
described
E. transcaucasica breviclitelata
from a locality near the Laura River, Caucasian Biosphere Reserve,
Russia
. However, this species has much shorter clitellum (
25–33
) and tubercles (
29–33
). The specimens possess large calciferous diverticula in
10–12
, proving that they are not related to
E. transcaucasica
. Unfortunately, there is no data available on the shape of the nephridial bladders. However, absent pigmentation and large calciferous diverticula in
10
could indicate that
breviclitelata
can even belong to the genus
Allolobophora
.