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&amp;
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<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFECFF9CFF231BFAFE95F2C7" bold="true" box="[199,334,403,429]" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species is named in honor of Charles Robert Darwin, a naturalist and ecologist who encouraged scientific research on earthworms.
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Small sized worm, length
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, segments 64117. Clitellum annular extending on segments 1316. Setae perichaetine, 58 ventral most setae on each side at segment 7 around the spermathecal pores and right or left setae
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). Spermathecal pores only one pair in segment 7. Combined male and prostatic pores only one pair, posterior to setal arc of segment 17. Intestine beginning in segment 15; gizzard single, large in segment 7. Last pair of hearts in segment 13. Three pairs of seminal vesicles in segments 9, 10 and 12. Prostates one pair, tubular, long; duct straight. Genital marking glands, sessile, oval or slightly elongated.
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<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFECFF9CFF731D0CFED7F417" bold="true" box="[151,268,1893,1917]" pageId="2" pageNumber="175">FIGURE 1</emphasis>
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ventral view,
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genital region (
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, female pores;
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, prostatic pores;
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, prostomium;
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, spermathecal pores).
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<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEDFF9DFF731DFEFEC8F4C5" bold="true" box="[151,275,1943,1967]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEDFF9DFEFD1DF1FDD1F4DA" box="[281,522,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">Hoplochaetella darwini</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEDFF9DFD871DFEFD40F4C5" bold="true" box="[611,667,1943,1967]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">A&amp;B</emphasis>
. internal anatomy,
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEDFF9DFCB81DFEFCAEF4C5" bold="true" box="[860,885,1943,1967]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">C.</emphasis>
spermathecae,
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEDFF9DFBF51DF1FBF1F4DA" bold="true" box="[1041,1066,1944,1968]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">D.</emphasis>
prostate glands,
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEDFF9DFB301DF1FB30F4DA" bold="true" box="[1236,1259,1944,1968]" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">E.</emphasis>
copulatory setae. (
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, copulatory setal glands;
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEDFF9DFE251DD5FE0EF4BE" box="[449,469,1980,2004]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">di</emphasis>
, diverticulum;
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, ampulla;
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEDFF9DFCE61DD5FCCDF4B9" box="[770,790,1980,2003]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">gi</emphasis>
, gizzard;
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEDFF9DFC991DD5FC49F4B9" box="[893,914,1980,2003]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">sv</emphasis>
, seminal vesicles;
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEDFF9DFBB21DD5FBB5F4BE" box="[1110,1134,1980,2004]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">he</emphasis>
, hearts;
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, vas deferens;
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEDFF9DFA991DD5FA4DF4BE" box="[1405,1430,1980,2004]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">pd</emphasis>
, prostatic duct;
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEDFF9DFECA1D89FE9CF49D" box="[302,327,2016,2039]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">pg</emphasis>
, prostate glands;
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEDFF9DFE1E1D89FDC9F49D" box="[506,530,2016,2039]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="176">pe</emphasis>
, parietal glands).
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</caption>
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Description of
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</emphasis>
. Dimensions: length
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; width
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at segment 7,
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at clitellum and
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at segment 20. Segments 101. Color of the preserved specimens light brown, clitellum reddish brown. Prostomium epilobic, tongue open. First dorsal pore in intersegmental furrow 4/5 (
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). Setae perichaetine, uniformly distributed ventrally, with a dorsal break
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFD3D1B6AFD34F276" box="[729,751,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">zz</emphasis>
= 2.5
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at segment 5; after clitellum
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= 2
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and
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= 2
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at segment 20. Setae 54 and 58 on segments 5 and 20, respectively; some ventral most setae on segment 17 missing. Setae
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFF3A1B22FED3F20F" box="[222,264,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">ah</emphasis>
on segment 7 and left setae
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFD841B22FDB5F20E" box="[608,622,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">a</emphasis>
on segment 8 modified as copulatory and displaced from their actual position (on segment 7 setae
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFE3B1B06FE20F2E2" box="[479,507,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">aa</emphasis>
moved toward anterior and posterior of setal arc at mid ventral; setae
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFAF01B06FAE5F2E3" box="[1300,1342,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">bh</emphasis>
on each side in epidermal tumescence around the spermathecal pores; on segment 8 setae
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFBFF1BFAFBF2F2C6" box="[1051,1065,403,428]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">a</emphasis>
on left side moved anterior to the setal arc). Clitellum annular, extending on segments 13
<superScript id="13B7C06CFFEAFF9AFD1E1BDFFCDDF2AF" attach="left" box="[762,774,438,453]" fontSize="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">½</superScript>
16, setae present, dorsal pores absent. Spermathecal pores only one pair, minute, slight posterior to the setal arc on segment 7, at
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFC561BB2FC1DF29E" box="[946,966,475,500]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">e,</emphasis>
0.23 body circumference apart (
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). Female pore single, median, in a whitish oval area, anterior to the setal arc of segment 14 (
<figureCitation id="7CF971A1FFEAFF9AFB641B96FB0CF173" box="[1152,1239,511,537]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1893,1917]" captionTargetBox="[151,1437,777,1869]" captionTargetId="figure-229@2.[151,1437,777,1869]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Hoplochaetella darwini sp. nov. A. ventral view, B. dorsal view, C. genital region (cl, clitellum; dp, dorsal pore; fp, female pores; pp, prostatic pores; ps, prostomium; spp, spermathecal pores)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8354663" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8354663/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">Fig. 1C</figureCitation>
). Combined male and prostatic pores, minute, at the center of protuberant circular porophores, on segment 17 at
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFB50184AFB15F157" box="[1204,1230,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">de</emphasis>
, about equidistant from setal arc of segment 17 and intersegmental furrow of 17/18 (
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). Male genital region is in a depression, separated by ridge, the depression is highest in anterior of segment 18. Genital markings minute, paired just anterior to intersegmental furrow 17/18 and a single and median on setal arc of segment 18.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E47D6D24FFEAFF9AFF2318DAFB1BF783" blockId="4.[151,1437,150,1941]" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">
Septa 4/55/6 thickened, 6/78/9 very thin, 9/1012/13 slightly thickened. Intestine begins in segment 15. Gizzard single, large, cylindrical, in segment 7 (extending in segments 78). Typhlosole simple, lamelliform. Nephridia meroic: clustered nephridia present on the anterior face of septa 4/5 and 5/6; micronephridia numerous; meganephridia from segment 20 to the posterior most segments, open into a pair of longitudinal canal, which open separately into the rectum. Last pair of hearts in segment 13, almost equal to the size of heart a pair of commissural vessels in segment 14. Spermathecae in segment 7, ampulla large pear shaped, duct shorter then ampulla with a number of small tubular, chromosome shaped diverticulum encircle the junction of ampulla and duct (
<figureCitation id="7CF971A1FFEAFF9AFADF19E2FF76F0A3" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[193,1395,181,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[193,1395,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Hoplochaetella darwini sp. nov. A&amp;B. internal anatomy, C. spermathecae, D. prostate glands, E. copulatory setae. (cg, copulatory setal glands; di, diverticulum; am, ampulla; gi, gizzard; sv, seminal vesicles; he, hearts; vd, vas deferens; pd, prostatic duct; pg, prostate glands; pe, parietal glands)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8354669" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8354669/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">Fig. 2A, C</figureCitation>
). Copulatory setae unornamented, pointed (
<figureCitation id="7CF971A1FFEAFF9AFD7F19C6FD29F0A3" box="[667,754,943,969]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[193,1395,181,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[193,1395,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Hoplochaetella darwini sp. nov. A&amp;B. internal anatomy, C. spermathecae, D. prostate glands, E. copulatory setae. (cg, copulatory setal glands; di, diverticulum; am, ampulla; gi, gizzard; sv, seminal vesicles; he, hearts; vd, vas deferens; pd, prostatic duct; pg, prostate glands; pe, parietal glands)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8354669" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8354669/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">Fig. 2E</figureCitation>
),
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long, 2427µ diameter. There are six tubular glands (
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long) associated with copulatory setae at each side in segment 7 and a single left in segment 8. Ovaries, fan shaped in segment 13. Seminal vesicles three pairs in segments 9, 10 and 12, seminal vesicles of 10 is smaller than other two pairs (
<figureCitation id="7CF971A1FFEAFF9AFE381E72FDE8F75F" box="[476,563,1051,1077]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[193,1395,181,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[193,1395,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Hoplochaetella darwini sp. nov. A&amp;B. internal anatomy, C. spermathecae, D. prostate glands, E. copulatory setae. (cg, copulatory setal glands; di, diverticulum; am, ampulla; gi, gizzard; sv, seminal vesicles; he, hearts; vd, vas deferens; pd, prostatic duct; pg, prostate glands; pe, parietal glands)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8354669" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8354669/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
). Testes and funnels in segments 10 and 11. Vasa deferentia commencing from testes segments slightly enlarge into ejaculatory bulbs before joining the prostatic ducts laterally (
<figureCitation id="7CF971A1FFEAFF9AFB291E56FAFFF733" box="[1229,1316,1087,1113]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[193,1395,181,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[193,1395,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Hoplochaetella darwini sp. nov. A&amp;B. internal anatomy, C. spermathecae, D. prostate glands, E. copulatory setae. (cg, copulatory setal glands; di, diverticulum; am, ampulla; gi, gizzard; sv, seminal vesicles; he, hearts; vd, vas deferens; pd, prostatic duct; pg, prostate glands; pe, parietal glands)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8354669" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8354669/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
). Prostates tubular, long, coiled itself, extending from segment 17 to segment 27; duct long and straight (
<figureCitation id="7CF971A1FFEAFF9AFB301E0AFAEAF717" box="[1236,1329,1123,1149]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[193,1395,181,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[193,1395,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Hoplochaetella darwini sp. nov. A&amp;B. internal anatomy, C. spermathecae, D. prostate glands, E. copulatory setae. (cg, copulatory setal glands; di, diverticulum; am, ampulla; gi, gizzard; sv, seminal vesicles; he, hearts; vd, vas deferens; pd, prostatic duct; pg, prostate glands; pe, parietal glands)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8354669" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8354669/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">Fig. 2D</figureCitation>
). Parietal glands paired in segment 17, lateral to ectal ends of prostatic ducts. Calciferous glands shortly stalked, extramural, 4 pairs, in segments 1013. Genital marking glands sessile, oval, paired, median to prostatic duct in segment 17 and a single and median in segment 18. Intestinal caeca in segments 25 and 26. Penial setae absent.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E47D6D24FFEAFF9AFF231E9BFD08F65B" blockId="4.[151,1437,150,1941]" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFF231E9BFE99F666" bold="true" box="[199,322,1266,1292]" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">Variations</emphasis>
. Modified copulatory setae and associated gland on/in segment 8 were present only in
<specimenCount id="F2C4A6ADFFEAFF9AFB1C1E9AFA46F667" box="[1272,1437,1267,1293]" pageId="4" pageNumber="177" type="generic">two specimens</specimenCount>
among all the examined specimens of new species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="ACD83EAFFFEAFF9AFF231F53FCDEF63F" box="[199,773,1338,1365]" pageId="4" pageNumber="177" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="E47D6D24FFEAFF9AFF231F53FCDEF63F" blockId="4.[151,1437,150,1941]" box="[199,773,1338,1365]" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFF231F53FEBAF63E" bold="true" box="[199,353,1338,1364]" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">Distribution.</emphasis>
Yercaud, Salem district,
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="ACD83EAFFFEAFF9AFF231F36FAA4F4FF" pageId="4" pageNumber="177" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="E47D6D24FFEAFF9AFF231F36FAA4F4FF" blockId="4.[151,1437,150,1941]" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFF231F36FEE0F613" bold="true" box="[199,315,1375,1401]" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">Remarks.</emphasis>
The proposed new species,
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<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFD971F36FCA7F613" box="[627,892,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">Hoplochaetella darwini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="CD850C4DFFEAFF9AFC671F36FC02F613" box="[899,985,1375,1401]" pageId="4" pageNumber="177" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is compared with other 19 species of the genus based on different morphological and anatomical characters through CAP analysis under PERMANOVA+ (
<figureCitation id="7CF971A1FFEAFF9AFF7B1FCEFF3DF6AB" box="[159,230,1447,1473]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1889,1913]" captionTargetBox="[157,1431,186,1859]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1436,181,1865]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Canonical Analysis of Principal coordinates (CAP) of the proposed new species Hoplochaetella darwini sp. nov. based on the taxonomic characters: A. Spermathecal pore positions; B. Male and prostatic pore positions. (8, on segment 8; 8_9 on segments 8 and 9; 8_10 on segments 8 and 10; 7_8 on segments 7 and 8; 7 on segment 7; 17_19 on segments 17 and 19; 17 on segment 17; S1S20 refer checklist of species)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8354673" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8354673/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
). It showed that the new species is noticeably distinguished from already described species based on the important taxonomic characters such as the position of spermathecae and prostate glands. Based on the position of spermathecae, the new species is segregated from three different groups of described species. The species,
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<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFF731C7AFE70F547" box="[151,427,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">Hoplochaetella kinneari</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="805310D5FFEAFF9AFE5A1C7AFD50F547" author="Stephenson, J." box="[446,651,1554,1581]" pageId="4" pageNumber="177" pagination="35 - 108" refId="ref8865" refString="Stephenson, J. (1915) On some Indian Oligochaeta, mainly from Southern India and Ceylon. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 6, 35 - 108." type="journal article" year="1915">Stephenson, 1915</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
is plotted nearer to the proposed new species (
<figureCitation id="7CF971A1FFEAFF9AFB241C7AFAC7F547" box="[1216,1308,1555,1581]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1889,1913]" captionTargetBox="[157,1431,186,1859]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1436,181,1865]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Canonical Analysis of Principal coordinates (CAP) of the proposed new species Hoplochaetella darwini sp. nov. based on the taxonomic characters: A. Spermathecal pore positions; B. Male and prostatic pore positions. (8, on segment 8; 8_9 on segments 8 and 9; 8_10 on segments 8 and 10; 7_8 on segments 7 and 8; 7 on segment 7; 17_19 on segments 17 and 19; 17 on segment 17; S1S20 refer checklist of species)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8354673" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8354673/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">Fig. 3A</figureCitation>
) due to its similarity of combined male and prostatic pores paired on segment 17 and the position of seminal vesicles in segments 9,10,12. Considering the number and position of prostate glands, almost all the species got cumulated together (
<figureCitation id="7CF971A1FFEAFF9AFEE11C16FE85F5F3" box="[261,350,1663,1689]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1889,1913]" captionTargetBox="[157,1431,186,1859]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[151,1436,181,1865]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Canonical Analysis of Principal coordinates (CAP) of the proposed new species Hoplochaetella darwini sp. nov. based on the taxonomic characters: A. Spermathecal pore positions; B. Male and prostatic pore positions. (8, on segment 8; 8_9 on segments 8 and 9; 8_10 on segments 8 and 10; 7_8 on segments 7 and 8; 7 on segment 7; 17_19 on segments 17 and 19; 17 on segment 17; S1S20 refer checklist of species)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8354673" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8354673/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">Fig. 3B</figureCitation>
) except the new species and
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<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFD521C16FCE3F5F3" box="[694,824,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">H. kinneari</emphasis>
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. Though
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hold prostate glands similar to the
<taxonomicName id="23C216A7FFEAFF9AFF261CCAFE99F5D7" baseAuthorityName="Stephenson" baseAuthorityYear="1915" box="[194,322,1699,1725]" class="Clitellata" family="Octochaetidae" genus="Hoplochaetella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" pageId="4" pageNumber="177" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="kinneari">
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFF261CCAFE99F5D7" box="[194,322,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">H. kinneari</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, it is distinguished due to the variation in the other characters such as the number and position of spermathecae, last pair of hearts and position of copulatory setae and associated glands. The new species possess only one pair of spermathecal pores in segment 7, whereas
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<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFCDF1C82FC67F46F" box="[827,956,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">H. kinneari</emphasis>
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has two pairs in segment 8. Similarly, the new species has the last pair of hearts in segment 13, whereas
<taxonomicName id="23C216A7FFEAFF9AFCA61D66FC1BF443" baseAuthorityName="Stephenson" baseAuthorityYear="1915" box="[834,960,1807,1833]" class="Clitellata" family="Octochaetidae" genus="Hoplochaetella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" pageId="4" pageNumber="177" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="kinneari">
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFCA61D66FC1BF443" box="[834,960,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">H. kinneari</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
holds in segment 12. Further, the proposed new species have copulatory setae and associated glands in segments 7 and 8,
<taxonomicName id="23C216A7FFEAFF9AFC101D5AFBA9F427" baseAuthorityName="Stephenson" baseAuthorityYear="1915" box="[1012,1138,1843,1869]" class="Clitellata" family="Octochaetidae" genus="Hoplochaetella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" pageId="4" pageNumber="177" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="kinneari">
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFC101D5AFBA9F427" box="[1012,1138,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">H. kinneari</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has in segment 8. The new species also shared some characters (copulatory setae and associated glands) with
<taxonomicName id="23C216A7FFEAFF9AFBD11D3EFF00F4FF" authority="(Bourne, 1886)" authorityName="Length" baseAuthorityName="Bourne" baseAuthorityYear="1886" class="Clitellata" family="Octochaetidae" genus="Hoplochaetella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" pageId="4" pageNumber="177" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="stuarti">
<emphasis id="D6B6B136FFEAFF9AFBD11D3EFAE9F41A" box="[1077,1330,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="177">Hoplochaetella stuarti</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="805310D5FFEAFF9AFAA51D3EFF08F4FF" author="Bourne, A. G." pageId="4" pageNumber="177" pagination="662 - 672" refId="ref8360" refString="Bourne, A. G. (1886) On Indian earthworms. Part I. Preliminary notice of earthworms from Nilgiris and Shevaroys. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1886, 662 - 672." type="journal article" year="1886">Bourne, 1886</bibRefCitation>
)
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, but were distinguished based on the number and position of spermathecae and prostates glands (
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).
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