from China and re-examination of M. hoVbaueri Möller
Author
Xie, Zhicai
Author
Rota, Emilia
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Journal of Natural History
2001
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Marionina sinica
sp. n.
(gure 1A–C)
T
ype material
. H ol ot ype, mature whole-mounted specimen, Changjiang
R
iver, engdu county (29ss58¾N, 107ss41¾E),
Sichuan Province
; southern bank of the river,
brown soil with wood litter and humus under
Ficus lacor
,
12 October 1997
, coll..
Xie, J
. Wang and
R
.
Q. Liu. Par
at ypes, ve whole-mounted specimens from
type
locality and date
.
Other material
. Ten specimens from
type
locality,
25 August 1999
, coll. Z. Xie and J. Wang.
Etymology
. From the Latin
sinicus
5Chinese.
Description
. Body length:
2–3 mm
(
in vivo
), 1.1–1.5 mm (xed specimens). Width:
m
m at III,
80–85
m
m at
V
,
85
m
m at XII (xed specimens).
Segments
17–21.
Epidermal
glands pale, few, in two or three transverse rows per segment.
Chaetal
formula 1,2,(3)-2
5
2,3-2,3.
Lateral
chaetae: one per bundle in IX–XI or X–XI, two elsewhere, rarely three in III (
two specimens
); ventral chaetae: three per bundle in –VIII or II–IX, two in remaining preclitellar segments, two or three in postclitellar segments; all missing in XII in mature specimens.
Chaetae straight
, with distinct
Fig. 1.
M arionina sinica
sp. n.
: (A) dorsal view of anterior segments; (B) sperm funnel; (C) spermatheca. Scale bars: A,
100
m
m; B and C,
20
m
m.