Earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta) from islands of Kien Hai District, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species and one subspecies
Author
Nguyen, Tung T.
Author
Trinh, Kim-Binh T.
Author
Nguyen, Hong-Lan T.
Author
Nguyen, Anh D.
text
Journal of Natural History
2017
2017-03-27
51
15 - 16
883
915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1294213
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2017.1294213
1464-5262
5180885
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Metaphire kiengiangensis
Nguyen & Trinh, 2015
(
Figure 11
)
Pheretima kiengiangensis
Nguyen & Trinh, 2015
(in
Nguyen et al. 2015
): 461, fig. 1.
Material examined
1 mature (CTU-EW 019.h01) and 10 matures (CTU-EW 019.p02)
Lai Son Island
(
09° 48
ʹ
21.6
ʹʹ
N
,
104°38
ʹ
01.1
ʹʹ
E
),
Kien Hai District
,
Kien Giang Province
,
15 November 2013
,
Figure 11.
Metaphire kiengiangensis
Nguyen & Trinh, 2015
. (a) Male region (mp = male pore, gm = genital markings); (b) spermathecae (amp = ampulla, dv = diverticulum); (c) ventral view of spermathecal region (sp = spermathecal pore); (d) prostatic gland (ag = accessory gland); (e) intestinal caecum. Scale bar = 1 mm.
coll
.
Kim-Binh
T
.
Trinh
; 3 matures (CTU-EW 019.p03)
Lai Son Island
(
09°48
ʹ
32.4
ʹʹ
N
,
104° 39
ʹ
23.0
ʹʹ
E
),
Kien Hai District
,
Kien Giang Province
,
14 October 2014
, coll
.
Kim-Binh
T
. Trinh.
Diagnosis
Body cylindrical, large size, length
176–280 mm
, diameter
6.3–8.1 mm
. Prostomium 2/3 epilobous. First dorsal pore in 12/13. Setal number
42–53 in
viii,
72–88 in
xxx, 10–18 between male porophores in xviii; setal distance aa = ab, zz = zy. Multiple spermathecal pores in ventral intersegments 6/7/8/9. Two pairs of genital markings in intersegments 17/18 and 18/19. Testis sacs separated. Holandric. Intestinal caeca simple. Septa 8/9/10 absent.
Habitats
The species was found in light-clay soils, especially in mango gardens in the mountains.
Remarks
The species has been known only from
Kien Giang Province
,
Vietnam
.