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male specimens from the
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, in the vicinity of
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,
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(23°4708 N; 92°4836 E). Collected on
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.
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drainage (Brahmaputra-Ganga Basin).
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in the
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in the
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of
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at
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. Both specimens are
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long, one has a diameter of
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, the other of
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. They are light brown in colour, with a white anterior tip followed by a darker collar. The posterior end tapers, a postcloacal crescent is present. Therefore the specimens belong to the genus
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.
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The body cuticle is covered by abundant stout bristles (
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A). In one specimen the bristles appear to form lines on both sides along the ventral midline (
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B). At the posterior end on the lateral sides of the tail lobes, the bristles become longer (
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C, D, F). The postcloacal crescent is semicircular and extends onto the tail lobes (
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C, D). In one specimen, a dense aggregation of short spines is present in the region of the distal tips of the postcloacal crescent and the aggregation extends slightly onto the anterior part of the inner side of the tail lobes (
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D, E). These spines are not present in the other specimen (
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C).
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. The characters described above fit, at least in one specimen, to a species recently described from the
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(
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). The absence of a distinctive character like having the spines close to the tips of the postcloacal crescent is surprising. As both specimens described here correspond in other characters and were found in the same location it appears likely that they represent the same species. Either they are indeed two different species or the possession of spines is a highly variable character.
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