Pheretimoid earthworms (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) cultivated in a vermifacility in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, with description of a new species Author Aspe, Nonillon M. College of Marine and Allied Sciences, Mindanao State University at Naawan, Naawan 9023, Misamis Oriental, Philippines. Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines; Author Obusan, Marie Christine M. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-15 5255 1 101 112 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.14 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.14 1175-5326 7744538 3955F173-2E65-46FC-8A40-200536DAABE8 Genus Metaphire Sims & Easton, 1972 Type species Rhodopis javanica Kinberg, 1867 Generic diagnosis. Body cylindrical. Setae numerous, regularly arranged around each segment. Clitellum annular, xiv–xvi. Male pores paired within copulatory pouches on xviii, rarely xix or xx. Female pores single, rarely paired. Spermathecal pores usually large transverse slits, seldom small; paired, occasionally single or multiple, between 4/5 and 9/10. Intestinal caeca present, originating in or near xxvii. Testes holandric, rarely proandric or metandric. Prostatic glands racemose. Copulatory pouches present, often with stalked glands; secretory diverticula absent. Ovaries paired, xiii. Spermathecae paired, rarely single or numerous. Nephridia on spermathecal ducts lacking.