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<emphasis id="84E8EAAAFFEDFFC307DF76F6FE1017D7" box="[197,439,1680,1705]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Material examined</emphasis>
: Holotyp: One mature (
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038-h01) forest, An Toan commune,
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,
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, coll. Pham Hoai Vu.
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<emphasis id="84E8EAAAFFEDFFC307DF7696FEEE1677" box="[197,329,1776,1801]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Diagnosis</emphasis>
: Large-size worm, length ca.
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, diameter ca.
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. First dorsal pore in 12/13. Prostomium epilobous. Spermathecal pores round and small, ventrally paired in intersegmental furrows 5/6/7/8/9. Male pores located in xviii, without copulatory pouches. Genital makings present on both spermathecal and male pore regions (on viii, ix, and xviii). Holandric. Spermathecal ampulla oval-shaped, duct short; diverticula coiled. Testis sacs separated. Intestinal caeca simple. Septa 8/9/10 absent.
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<emphasis id="84E8EAAAFFEDFFC3047371FBFC4110C8" box="[873,998,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Etymology</emphasis>
: Named after the
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locality, An Toan commune.
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:
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: Body cylindrial, length
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, diameter
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(
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/ viii,
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/xvi,
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/xviii,
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/xxx), weight
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, 335 segments,. Dorsa blackish grey, but ventra paler. Prostomium 1/3 epilobous. First dorsal pore large, in 12/13. Setae perichaetine, short; pre-clitellar setae stouter and sparser than post-clitellar setae,
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v,
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viii,
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x,
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xx,
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xxv,
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xxx, 55 between male porophores in xviii; setal distance aa = 2.0ab, zz = 1.0-2.0zy. Clitellum annular, xiv-1/2xvii, blackish brown, smooth and without setae and dorsal pores. Female pore single, mid-ventral in xiv. Spermathecal pores very small, ventrally paired in intersegmental furrows 5/6/7/8/9, hardly visible externally. Genital markings ventrally paired present on viii and ix: three pairs behind setal rings on viii, and two pairs in front of setal ring on ix. Male pores directly opened in xviii, without copulatory pouches; ventral distance between male porophores about 0.35x body circumference. Two pairs of genital markings present between male porophores, behind setal ring of xviii; the anterior pair slightly more medial to male pores compared to posterior pair.
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: Septa 4/5/6/7/8 very thickened, 8/9/10 absent, 10/11/12/13 thin. Oesophageal gizzard within viii-x. Intestinal origin at xv; caeca simple, originating at xxvii and extending anteriorly to xxiv. Last hearts in xiii. Pharyngeal micronephridia developed in 5/6/7. Lymph glands present from 31/32. Typhlosole simple, lamelliform, poorly developed. Spemathecae paired ventrally in vi- ix. Spermathecal ampulla oval-shaped; duct extremely short, not distinct from ampulla. Diverticula very short, opalescent, coiled, directly attached to base of ampulla. Accessory glands present in viii and ix. Holandric. Testis sacs separated, in x and xi. Seminal vesicles poorly developed within xi-xii. Oviduct poorly developed on septum 12/13 posteriorly; ovaries developed in 13/14. Prostate glands racemose, paired within xviii; prostatic ducts strong, slightly bigger distally. Two pairs of accessory glands present.
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<emphasis id="84E8EAAAFFEDFFC30473771BFC6516E8" box="[873,962,1917,1942]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Habitat</emphasis>
: The species was found in the rich forest of An Toan commune. It can be epigeic
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<emphasis id="84E8EAAAFFE2FFCC07B47744FF4B1648" bold="true" box="[174,236,1826,1846]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Fig. 5.</emphasis>
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, holotype. A, G: Male pore region, ventral view (mp = male pore; gm = gential markings); B, I: Spermathecal region (sp = spermathecal pore; gm = gential markings); C, D: Spermathecae (amp = ampulla; dv = diverticula); E, H: Intestinal caeca; F: Prostatic gland. Scale bar = 1 mm.
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<paragraph id="B62336B8FFE3FFCD0792709BFD791068" blockId="9.[136,738,253,1398]" box="[136,734,253,278]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">species because it was collected from soil surface.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="84E8EAAAFFE3FFCD07DF717BFE971048" box="[197,304,285,310]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Remarks</emphasis>
: The new species can be classified into the
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species group characterised by holandric and four pairs of spermathecal pores in intersegments 5/6/7/8/9 (
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). However, it can be distinguished by its large size and pattern of genital markings in spermathecal and male regions.
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The new species is fairly similar to the other large
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earthworms from
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(
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and
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<emphasis id="84E8EAAAFFE3FFCD0544725BFE991308" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Amynthas munglonganus</emphasis>
(
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)
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, by the very large size, holandric, prostomium epilobous, septa 8/9/10 absent, last hearts in xiii, and copulatory pouches absent (
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). However,
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<emphasis id="84E8EAAAFFE3FFCD057E72DBFF6D1388" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Amynthas dangi</emphasis>
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differs from the new species in having two pairs of spermathecal pores in 7/8/9, a genital marking close to the male pore and an additional three pairs of genital markings on ventral xviii and xix.
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<emphasis id="84E8EAAAFFE3FFCD07DA733BFDAE1208" box="[192,521,861,886]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Amynthas munglonganus</emphasis>
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is distinguished from the new species by the first dorsal pore in 12/13, three pairs of small genital markings located closely to the spermathecal pores in 5/6/7/8, a medium genital marking next to the male pore, and different shape of spermathecal ampulla.
</paragraph>
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The new species is also fairly similar to the other large
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<emphasis id="84E8EAAAFFE3FFCD063A745BFE381528" box="[288,415,1085,1110]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Metaphire</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="84E8EAAAFFE3FFCD053B745BFD461528" box="[545,737,1085,1110]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">M. taiwanensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="D20D4B49FFE3FFCD0792743BFE1F1508" author="Tsai CF &amp; Tsai SC &amp; Shen HP" box="[136,440,1117,1143]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="877 - 887" refId="ref7047" refString="Tsai CF, Tsai SC, Shen HP. 2004. A new gigantic earthworm of the genus Metaphire Sims and Easton (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) from Taiwan with reference to evolutional trends in body sizes and segment numbers of the Pheretima genus-group. Journal of Natural History 38 (7): 877 - 887. doi: http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930210 00053867." type="journal article" year="2004">Tsai, Tsai &amp; Shen, 2004</bibRefCitation>
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, by having four pairs of spermathecal pores in 5/6/7/8/9, septa 8/9/10 absent, intestine originating from xv, and caeca simple. However,
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<emphasis id="84E8EAAAFFE3FFCD067F74DBFDBC15A8" box="[357,539,1213,1238]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">M. taiwanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the new species in the first dorsal pore in 12/13 or 13/14; genital markings absent in the spermathecal region, but oval-shaped, located anteriorly next to porophores; male pores located inside copulatory pouches.
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