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(
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)
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<paragraph id="1E6436C00621AE51FF33FD903D0CFDF0" blockId="32.[144,1104,494,1239]" pageId="32" pageNumber="311">Etymology: This species is named for Mrs Debbie Jennings, the Collection Manager at the Natal Museum, in appreciation for her extended friendly help.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1E6436C00621AE51FF33FD283F4FFD78" blockId="32.[144,1104,494,1239]" pageId="32" pageNumber="311">
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examined:
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:
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/Olig.02448
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(
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:
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) primary grassland near
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3, from moist soil between grassroots,
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,
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, TL.
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:
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/Olig.02449, 3 cl + 6 juv, collected with holotype
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.
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Description based on
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.
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<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20621AE51FF33FCF03E91FCF1" box="[144,236,862,886]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="311">General</emphasis>
: body cylindrical, compact after preservation.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20621AE51FD59FCF03D34FCF1" box="[762,841,862,886]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="311">Colour</emphasis>
: grey in life, preserved in formalin whitish­grey.
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: preserved and contracted
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long,
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wide at
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at tubercula pubertatis;
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long,
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wide.
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:
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73;
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94.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20621AE51FD40FC103D11FC51" box="[739,876,958,982]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="311">Prostomium</emphasis>
: prolobous, clearly separated from first segment.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20621AE51FE72FC703C1AFC71" box="[465,615,990,1014]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="311">Segmentation</emphasis>
: secondary annulation present on preclitellar segments in
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and
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; 13 simple, with irregular longitudinal grooves; 49 with 2 simple ringlets, similar in size and appearance; 10, clitellar and postclitellar segments simple.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20621AE51FECBFB903FDAFBD1" box="[360,423,1086,1110]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="311">Setae</emphasis>
: minuscule, closely paired, preclitellarly only
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noted, postclitellarly not observed.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20621AE51FE79FBF03CE1FBF1" box="[474,668,1118,1142]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="311">Nephridial pores</emphasis>
: not observed.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20621AE51FCF7FBF03D8DFBF1" box="[852,1008,1118,1142]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="311">Female pores</emphasis>
: paired, minute openings in anterior part of
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front of
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setae.
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: in intersegmental furrow 18/19.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20621AE51FE95FB303C6BFB31" box="[310,534,1182,1206]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="311">Spermathecal pores</emphasis>
: not observed externally; during dissection noted close to intersegmental furrows 11/12 and 12/13.
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Fig. 15.
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, holotype, ventral view with tubercula pubertatis and row of papillae. [P = papilla of segment 14, T = tuberculum pubertatis].
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Clitellar region (
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):
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: not well developed, with thin layer of clitellar tissues; saddle­shaped, segmented, whitish­grey;
<typeStatus id="C16088620620AE50FDD1FF403CACFE80" box="[626,721,238,263]" pageId="33" pageNumber="312" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
1323; on 1317 clitellar tissues cover segments dorsally extending only to dorsal edges of tubercula pubertatis.
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: on 18,1/n181/n22, below ventral edges of clitellum; oval glandular pads, randomly grooved by irregular shallow furrows; ventrally widely separated.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20620AE50FC53FEE03A36FEE1" box="[1008,1099,334,358]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">Papillae</emphasis>
: on 1018 paired or single, round swellings encircling
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setae, different sizes.
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<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20620AE50FF16FE103E8CFE51" box="[181,241,446,470]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">Septa</emphasis>
: 4/57/8 thin; other septa in preclitellar segments also thin.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20620AE50FCC9FE103DC3FE51" box="[874,958,446,470]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">Gizzard</emphasis>
: large, muscular, in 67; commencing abruptly in part of segment 6, extends and occupies whole of 7, terminating at septum 7/8.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20620AE50FE44FE503CC5FD91" box="[487,696,510,534]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">Calciferous glands</emphasis>
: in 910, large, dorsolateraly; ventrally separated widely, dorsally by narrow groove.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20620AE50FD15FDB03D6FFDB1" box="[694,786,542,566]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">Intestine</emphasis>
: commences in 13.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20620AE50FC5AFDB03A10FDB1" box="[1017,1133,542,566]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">Typhlosole</emphasis>
: commences in 17 (or 18?), slim, V­shaped, gradually enlarging into U­shaped; terminates in 50.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20620AE50FF58FDF03FAEFDF1" box="[251,467,606,630]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">Dorsal blood vessel</emphasis>
: double in 411; 1011 enlarged; double when crossing septa 4/510/11; in following segments simple.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20620AE50FD23FDD03A43FD11" box="[640,1086,638,662]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">Paired dorsoventral commissural vessels</emphasis>
: 48 thin, gradually enlarging; 911 thick, moniliform.
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<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20620AE50FD68FD303D45FD31" box="[715,824,670,694]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">Nephridia</emphasis>
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: two pairs per segment; small serpentine loops, one pair ventrally, second pair dorsally.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20620AE50FCBEFD103A7FFD51" box="[797,1026,702,726]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">Spermiductal funnels</emphasis>
: holandric arrangement; two pairs of large, iridescent funnels in 10 and 11 respectively; in
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right sided sacs slightly smaller than left sided; each pair enclosed in separated sac, connected with vesiculae seminales at septa 10/11 and 11/12 respectively.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20620AE50FCF5FCB03A7BFCB1" box="[854,1030,798,822]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">Seminal vesicles</emphasis>
: two pairs of small sacs, linked with testis sacs; in 10 and 11 respectively; posterior pair slightly extending into 12.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20620AE50FE23FCF03C64FCF1" box="[384,537,862,886]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">Spermathecae</emphasis>
: in clitellate
<typeStatus id="C16088620620AE50FD04FCF03D7BFCF0" box="[679,774,862,887]" pageId="33" pageNumber="312" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
paired; large, spherical with short neck; ectal parts entering intersegmental furrows 11/12 and 12/13 respectively.In aclitellate
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with well­developed tubercula pubertatis three spermathecae per segment: 1 at left side, 2 at right side; all globular, different size, iridescent.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20620AE50FC91FC103DFAFC51" box="[818,903,958,982]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">Ovaries</emphasis>
: not observed.
<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20620AE50FB86FC103E80FC71" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">Genital glands</emphasis>
: in
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, in some of segments associated with papillae, only at left side of the body, flat, glandular, round structures; in
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glands not observed.
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<paragraph id="1E6436C00620AE50FF16FB883A6CFB38" blockId="33.[181,1143,206,1391]" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">
Biological notes: The species was collected in grassland between the roots of tall grasses. Clitellate, aclitellate and juvenile individuals in different states of development were found in moist soil in the middle of summer. Iridescent sperm in spermathecae was observed in the clitellate individuals and in those with no clitellum. The species was associated with abundant
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<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20620AE50FE75FB083CBFFB39" box="[470,706,1190,1214]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">Microchaetus parvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20620AE50FD5AFB083A76FB39" box="[761,1035,1190,1214]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">Microchaetus natalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1E6436C00620AE50FF16FB603F63FA80" blockId="33.[181,1143,206,1391]" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">
Distribution: Known only from the
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locality, located north­west of Pietermaritzburg (
<figureCitation id="86E02A450620AE50FF1DFB403F6CFA80" box="[190,273,1262,1287]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="30.[144,177,1288,1308]" captionTargetBox="[144,1104,203,1270]" captionTargetId="figure-72@30.[144,1104,203,1270]" captionTargetPageId="30" captionText="Fig. 14. The distribution of Tritogenia species in KZN. 1 = alveata; 2 = annetteae; 3 = ataxia; 4 = benhami; 5 = crassa; 6 = curiosa; 7 = curta; 8 = debbieae; 9 = diversa; 10 = douglasi; 11 = herbana; 12 = hiltonia; 13 = howickiana; 14 = insolita; 15 = karkloofia; 16 = koilia; 17 = liversagei; 18 = lunata; 19 = melmothana; 20 = miniseta; 21 = monosticha; 22 = morosa; 23 = mucosa; 24 = ngelensis; 25 = ngomensis; 26 = qudeni; 27 = shawi; 28 = soleata; 29 = sulcata; 30 = tetrata; 31 = zuluensis." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7666284" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7666284/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1E6436C00620AE50FF16FAB83A6EFAE8" blockId="33.[181,1143,206,1391]" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">
Discussion: Having spermathecal pores in two intersegmental furrows 11/12 and 12/13,
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<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20620AE50FEA6FA993F17FAC8" box="[261,362,1335,1359]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">debbieae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is assigned to the
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<emphasis id="2CAFEAD20620AE50FDE3FA993CECFAC8" box="[576,657,1335,1359]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="312">sulcata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species­group. Lacking thickened septa in preclitellar segments, this species evidently differs from the other congeners.
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