Three new Glossoscolex (Annelida: Crassiclitellata: Glossoscolecidae) in the truncatus group from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Author Feijoo-Martínez, Alexander Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales, A. A. 097, Pereira, Colombia Author Brown, George G. Embrapa Forestry, C. P. 319, Estrada da Ribeira km. 111, Colombo-PR, Brasil, 83411 - 000 text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-15 5255 1 220 234 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.21 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.21 1175-5326 7744725 FDA06316-7926-499D-8C92-893F99110489 Subgenus: Glossoscolex ( Glossoscolex ) Michaelsen, 1900 Diagnosis. One pair of intracoelomic copulatory pouches/bulbs associated with a pair of external intraclitellar male genital pores. Number of described species/subspecies: 48. Distribution: Brazil (41), Argentina (6), Paraguay (4), Uruguay (4). In a few cases (5) species have been found in more than one country ( Fragoso & Brown, 2007 ). The truncatus group, was created by Cordero (1943) and named after the first described species in the Glossoscolex subgenus that has intraclitellar male pores in or before segment 17, i.e., Glossoscolex truncatus ( Rosa, 1895 ) . The species group includes 29 species/subspecies (including the ones described here), distributed from S„o Paulo state in Brazil to Buenos Aires province in Argentina .