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Bantaowong &amp; Panha
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(
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3390),
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, Chiang Rai, Thoeng, Phu Chee Fah, Doi Phamon mountain range,
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amsl, leg. U. Bantaowong, C. Sutcharit, &amp; P. Tongkerd,
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.
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3391), same data as
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF8B497EED8A7432FEC4F8C1" bold="true" box="[199,334,1842,1867]" pageId="13" pageNumber="76">Etymology.</emphasis>
This species is named after the Doi Phamon mountain range, where it was collected. Noun in apposition.
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Large
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worms; length
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with 142 segments. Setae numbering
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VII,
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XX, 2122 between male pores. Male pores paired, transverse secondary openings in XVIII, genital markings paired on 17/18 and 18/19. Spermathecal pores paired in 6/78/9. Spermathecae with ovoid ampulla, diverticulum thread-like, slightly curved at tip. No nephridia on the spermathecal ducts. Holandric, intestinal caeca simple, first dorsal pore in 12/13. Prostate glands and ducts two branches, with white glandular mass on body wall where duct ends.
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Description of
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.
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Dimensions:
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by
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at segment VII, 11.0 mm at segment XX, 10.0 mm at clitellum; body cylindrical with 142 segments. Preserved specimen dark to grayish-brown dorsally, ventrally pale; clitellum with light brownish purple colour. Setae regularly distributed around segmental equators, numbering 49 at VII, 84 at XX, 21 between male pores, setal formula AA:AB:ZZ:ZY=1:1:1:1 at XIII. Single female pore at XIV. Prostomium epilobic. First dorsal pore at 12/13. Clitellum annular XIVXVI with three rows of setae.
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF88497DEDDA7558FE9EF9E7" bold="true" box="[151,276,1624,1646]" pageId="14" pageNumber="77">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
External and internal morphology of
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF88497DEEC47559FC4EF9E4" bold="true" box="[905,964,1625,1646]" pageId="14" pageNumber="77">sp. n.</emphasis>
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, holotype (CUMZ 3390).
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External ventral view.
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Internal dorsal view.
<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF88497DEC8B7577FE55F907" bold="true" box="[454,479,1655,1677]" pageId="14" pageNumber="77">C.</emphasis>
Spermathecae; arrowhead: location of spermathecal pore.
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Secondary male apertures as two transverse openings situated on ventro-lateral sides of XVIII, about 0.26 circumference apart ventrally, distance between male apertures
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, each male pore in a very shallow rudimentary copulatory chamber, the whole male area surrounded by 34 closely adjacent concentric circular ridges. Genital markings paired, transversely elliptical, 45 intersetal intervals wide, located in intersegments of 17/18 and 18/19, in line with male apertures. Three pairs of spermathecal pores, transverse slits in furrows 6/78/9, ventral, distance between each pair
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on body circumference, about 0.30 body circumference apart ventrally.
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5/67/8 thick,
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absent,
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thin. Gizzard large behind 7/8, intestinal origin XV; intestinal caeca originating in XXVII, simple and extending to XXII. Typhlosole simple, rudimentary. Oesophageal hearts four pairs in XXIII. Holandric; testes two pairs in ventrally joined sacs in X and XI. Seminal vesicles paired in XIXII. Prostate glands usually confined to XVIIXIX, separated into two racemose lobes. Prostatic duct divided into two small branches, one per lobe. Paired, white glandular masses on copulatory sac, where prostatic ducts enter the parietes. Ovaries in XIII. Spermathecae three pairs in VIIIX. Ampulla ovoid, duct stout, one-third as long as ampulla and sharply marked off from ampulla. Diverticulum long and slender, thread-like, without a terminally enlarged seminal chamber, slightly curved at tip.
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CED8A724CFEB1FEEF" bold="true" box="[199,315,332,357]" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">Variation.</emphasis>
The single
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specimen measures
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in body length, with 142 segments.
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CED8A726FFEEAFE02" bold="true" box="[199,352,367,392]" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">Distribution.</emphasis>
This species is known only from the
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locality, where it coexists with
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CE9E97270FA16FE02" box="[1188,1436,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">Amynthas phucheefah</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CED8A72B7FEB1FE5A" bold="true" box="[199,315,439,464]" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CEC0972B8FDB5FE5A" box="[324,575,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">Metaphire doiphamon</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CEF0472B7FD01FE5A" bold="true" box="[585,651,439,464]" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">sp. n.</emphasis>
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is sexthecal and presents genital markings at 17/18 and 18/19, so it keys out with the
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CEC1072DDFE34FE7E" box="[349,446,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">peguana</emphasis>
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group, which consists of three other species,
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CEEF672DDFB90FE7E" box="[955,1050,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">M. bahli</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CE98A72DDFAC7FE7E" box="[1223,1357,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">M. peguana</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="B0254B14FF89497CE81672DCFF5AFD92" author="Rosa" pageId="15" pageNumber="78" refString="Rosa, D. (1890) Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmanica e regioni vicine, XXVI. Preichetidi. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Giacomo Doria, 10, 107 - 122." type="journal article" year="1890">Rosa, 1890</bibRefCitation>
)
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and
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CEC5F7101FE36FD9D" box="[274,444,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">M. saigonensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="B0254B14FF89497CEC8072FFFDF1FD92" author="Omodeo" box="[461,635,511,536]" pageId="15" pageNumber="78" refString="Omodeo, P. (1957) Oligocheti dell'Indochina e del Mediterraneo Orientale. Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, 5, 321 - 336." type="journal article" year="1957">Omodeo, 1957</bibRefCitation>
)
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. Of these,
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CEE4D7101FC02FD92" box="[768,904,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">M. peguana</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CEE8F7101FBAEFD92" box="[962,1060,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">M. bahli</emphasis>
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have been recorded in
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, whereas
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CEC4D7125FE24FDB6" box="[256,430,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">M. saigonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is currently placed in synonymy with
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CEEC57125FB9EFDB6" box="[904,1044,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">M. peguana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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;
<bibRefCitation id="B0254B14FF89497CE9B27124FEE2FDEA" author="Somniyam" pageId="15" pageNumber="78" refString="Somniyam, P. &amp; Suwanwaree, P. (2009) The diversity and distribution of terrestrial earthworms in Sakaerat environmental research station and adjacent area, Nakorn Ratchasima, Thailand. World Applied Sciences Journal, 6, 221 - 226." type="journal article" year="2009">Somniyam &amp; Suwanwaree 2009</bibRefCitation>
;
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Bantaowong
<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CEF457149FDCAFDEA" box="[520,576,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">et al.</emphasis>
2011b
</bibRefCitation>
;
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Prasankok
<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CEE5B7149FCC5FDEA" box="[790,847,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">et al.</emphasis>
2013
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).
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This new species is distinguished from the other members of the species group by its body length of
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, the form of the genital markings and the bifurcate prostatic ducts. The genital markings are transversely oval in
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CE8307191FE9FFD46" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">M. doiphamon</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CEC6D71B4FEEFFD47" bold="true" box="[288,357,692,717]" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">sp. n.</emphasis>
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, they lack pores or other openings and are associated with sessile glandular masses on the copulatory pouch, while the genital markings of
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CEF9F71D9FCD1FD7A" box="[722,859,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">M. peguana</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CEED771D9FC77FD7A" box="[922,1021,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">M. bahli</emphasis>
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are circular to oval, invaginated or pouch-like, and with stalked glands. Both of them have a smaller body size (range of
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) and fewer segments. Furthermore,
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CECE17021FDD8FCB2" box="[428,594,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">M. doiphamon</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E6C0EAF7FF89497CEF11701FFD14FCB2" bold="true" box="[604,670,799,824]" pageId="15" pageNumber="78">sp. n.</emphasis>
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also has unique prostate glands and ducts, being divided into two main lobes each with a large and long duct, while the two former species have regular prostate glands, each consisting of a single racemose mass with many small ductlets.
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