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(
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Holotype. MLPHe 7018, Osununú Private Reserve,
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; cephalic region: transversal sections on 17 slides; anterior region at the level of the ovaries: sagittal sections on 8 slides; prepharyngeal region: transverse sections on 7 slides; pharynx and copulatory apparatus: sagittal sections on 18 slides.
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFFCFFC2BDEE9702CC2FFBC7" bold="true" box="[199,321,1078,1103]" pageId="2" pageNumber="101">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Elongated body with parallel margins; ~
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in length in maximum extension; dorsal surface brown beige with median band golden yellow; thin brown beige line along the median band and thin graphite black para-median stripes; ventral surface light grey; pharynx cylindrical; extrabulbar prostatic vesicle piriform, with folded walls, and tubular paired proximal portion; male atrium richly folded, with small folds in its most proximal part; female genital canal opening into the dorso-caudal wall of the female atrium.
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locality.
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Osununú Private Reserve (
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,
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), near
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFFCFFC2BDEE9606CC20FAC3" bold="true" box="[199,334,1330,1355]" pageId="2" pageNumber="101">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name of this species is in honour to Horacio Quiroga (
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), an Uruguayan writer who lived in San Ignacio town, in the vicinity of the
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locality of the new species. He wrote wonderful stories in which, with the rainforest as setting, he used the supernatural to show the struggle of men and animals to survive.
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFFCFFC2BDEE96AACC37FA3F" bold="true" box="[199,345,1438,1463]" pageId="2" pageNumber="101">Description.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFFCFFC2BC4896AACF39FA3E" box="[353,599,1438,1462]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="101">External morphology.</emphasis>
Body elongate, with parallel margins, and flattened in cross section (
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). The anterior tip is blunt, and the posterior tip ends sharply pointed. The dorsal surface is brown, with a median band light brown to yellowish, which is approximately 1/4 of body width, although it is a bit wider at the level of the pharynx and copulatory apparatus (
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). The median band has a narrow darker brown longitudinal line. Thin black para-median stripes extend along the whole body, except near the cephalic apex (
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). The ventral surface is light grey. After fixation, the dorsal pigment was conserved almost as in live, although a bit paler (
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). The
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was ~
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long when crawling and
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after fixation. Its maximum width was
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, and its maximum height was
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. The mouth and gonopore were located at
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(70% of body length) and
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(83% of body length) of the anterior tip, respectively. The eyes, with clear halos, extend along the whole body (
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), and are uniserial around the anterior tip and in the first millimetre of the body. Then, they sparse bi- and triserially, and, at
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from the anterior tip, they spread on the dorsal surface, reaching 68 rows in their maximum extension, which is at
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from the anterior tip. Towards the posterior body region, the eyes remain dorsal but scarcer and at the level of the pharynx they are less numerous (34 rows on each side of the body). At the level of the copulatory apparatus, they are more isolated, reaching the posterior end.
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Sensory pits (25µm deep), as simple invaginations of ventral epidermis, contour the anterior tip and extend along the body margins in a single row until
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from the anterior end (
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). Four different
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of secretory cells discharge through the dorsal epidermis (25µm high) at the pre-pharyngeal region: rhabditogen cells with xanthophil rhammites, which expand along the whole dorsal epidermis, abundant cells with fine granular erythrophil secretion, and less numerous cells with fine granular cyanophil secretion and erythrophil amorphous secretion (
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). Glandular margin with abundant fine granular erythrophil and cyanophil secretions, and erythrophil and cyanophil amorphous secretions in less quantity (
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). Ventral epidermis (15µm high) ciliated on the creeping sole, which occupies 95% of the body width. The same
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of secretory cells discharge through the ventral epidermis as in the dorsal surface, although there are small dermal rhabdites (
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). Fine granular cyanophil and erythrophil amorphous secretions are more abundant than in the dorsal epidermis, and fine granular erythrophil secretion is scarcer. The dorsal and ventral epidermis of the cephalic region receives the same
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of secretory cells as in the pre-pharyngeal region, except for the dorsal epidermis, which receives abundant fine granular xanthophil secretion instead of erythrophil secretion (
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). Also, erythrophil amorphous secretion is highly abundant in the creeping sole (70% of body width) (
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).
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFFDFFC3BDBE9450CC7CF8F1" bold="true" box="[151,274,1892,1914]" pageId="3" pageNumber="102">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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(A)
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Photograph of preserved specimen (holotype), in dorsal view (arrowheads indicate the position of the mouth and gonopore, respectively).
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFFDFFC3BFE894B6CF8CF811" bold="true" box="[705,738,1922,1945]" pageId="3" pageNumber="102">(B)</emphasis>
Half of a transverse section at the cephalic region (on the left) and at the pre-pharyngeal region (on the right).
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Transverse sections of the pre-pharyngeal region with details: glandular margin (C), dorsal to intestine (D), ventral to intestine (E).
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Sagittal section of the pharynx. Scale bars: A: 5mm, B: 200µm, C: 50µm, D, E: 100µm, F: 500µm.
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFFAFFC4BDBE9542CC7AF903" bold="true" box="[151,276,1654,1676]" pageId="4" pageNumber="103">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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(AD)
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Sagittal sections at the level of the prostatic vesicle (small folds of the male atrium indicated by arrows).
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Schematic reconstruction of the copulatory apparatus in sagittal view.
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Sagittal sections of the reproductive system: copulatory apparatus (F), ovary (G), detail of the female atrium (H). Scale bars: AD, G, H: 200µm, E, F: 500µm.
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Cutaneous musculature with a subepidermal circular layer (2.5µm thick), an intermediate diagonal layer (10µm thick), and an internal longitudinal layer (50µm thick dorsally, 60µm thick ventrally). The thickness of the cutaneous musculature represents 13% of the body height (CMI). Parenchymal musculature thinner than the cutaneous one (9% of body height), constituted by a dorsal decussate layer (50µm thick) followed by a transverse supra-intestinal (15µm thick) and a sub-intestinal (25µm thick) muscle layer. In addition, dorso-ventral fibres accommodate among intestinal branches (
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).
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Pharynx cylindrical,
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in length (6% of body length), occupying most of the pharyngeal pouch (
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in length) (
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). Pharynx lined by ciliated cuboidal epithelium, followed by a longitudinal subepithelial muscle layer (5µm thick) and a subjacent circular layer (10µm thick). Pharyngeal lumen lined by ciliated columnar epithelium, followed by a circular subepithelial muscle layer (30µm thick) and a subjacent longitudinal layer (10µm thick). Two
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of secretory cells, the cell bodies of which are located in the surrounding parenchyma anterior to the pharynx, discharge through the pharyngeal epithelium: abundant cells with fine granular erythrophil secretion and less abundant fine granular cyanophil secretion (
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). Short oesophagus (350µm in length) lined by ciliated columnar epithelium, followed by a subepithelial circular layer (25µm thick) and a subjacent longitudinal layer (10µm thick). The oesophagus:pharynx ratio is 17%.
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Dorsal mature testes ovoid in shape, arranged in three irregular rows on each side of the body and located immediately below the supra-intestinal parenchymal muscle layer (
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). Testes extending from behind the ovaries to the proximity of the pharyngeal root (24% and 65% of body length from the anterior end, respectively), occupying up to 35% of the body height at the pre-pharyngeal region. Sperm ducts medial and slightly dorsal to the ovovitelline ducts, located among fibres of the sub-intestinal parenchymal muscle layer (
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). At the level of the pharynx, sperm ducts are dilated, with their lumen full of spermatozoa, constituting spermiducal vesicles. Sperm ducts extend backwards, laterally to the prostatic vesicle, until the common muscle coat, and then bend antero-dorsally, and to the sagittal plane, and open into the forked parts of the prostatic vesicle (
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). Extrabulbar prostatic vesicle, almost piriform in shape, located very close (~300µm) to the pharyngeal pouch (
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,
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). The lumen of the prostatic vesicle is highly irregular due to its folded walls, especially the distal portion, which has a narrow lumen (
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). The proximal portion of the prostatic vesicle has tubular forked parts, and it is also distinguished from the distal unpaired portion by the
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of glandular secretions that each receives (see below). The ejaculatory duct (~700µm long) runs sinuously within the common muscle coat and opens into the bottom of the male atrium (
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). The male atrium (
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long), three times larger than the female atrium, is highly folded with its lumen very narrow (
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). The most proximal region is distinguished from the rest by having numerous small folds (
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).
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Sperm ducts lined by ciliated cuboidal epithelium, without underlying musculature at pre-pharyngeal level, while spermiducal vesicles exhibit squamous epithelium with a thin subepithelial longitudinal muscle layer (5µm thick). The lining epithelium of the prostatic vesicle is columnar and ciliated, followed by musculature composed of circular fibres intermingled with some longitudinal ones (2535µm thick). The epithelium of the proximal portion, which involves the forked tubular parts, receives abundant fine granular erythrophil secretion, whereas the distal portion is traversed by abundant coarse granular xanthophil secretion (
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). The cell bodies of these glands are located in the surrounding parenchyma anteriorly to the prostatic vesicle and laterally to the distal part of the pharyngeal pouch. The ejaculatory duct is lined by ciliated columnar epithelium, with subjacent muscle coat composed of circular and oblique fibres (1015µm thick). The most proximal part of the male atrium, which exhibits small folds, is lined by columnar and ciliated epithelium. The rest of the atrial epithelium is columnar and non-ciliated. The muscularis of the male atrium is composed mainly of circular fibres with some longitudinal and oblique fibres (2040µm thick). The whole atrial epithelium only receives abundant fine granular erythrophil secretion. Common muscle coat with longitudinal fibres (1015µm thick).
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Ovaries (500µm long and 200µm diameter) ovoid in shape, located between the sub-intestinal parenchymal muscle layer and the nervous plate (
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), at
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from the anterior end (22% of body length). Ovovitelline ducts arising in the mid-dorsal third of the ovaries (
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). Backwards, they are situated below the sub-intestinal parenchymal muscle layer (
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). Behind the gonopore, the ovovitelline ducts run ventro-laterally to the female atrium, contouring the common muscle coat, and posteriorly ascend slightly and join in a common glandular ovovitelline duct (~300µm long). Common duct almost vertical and distally curved to open into female atrium through a short female canal (150µm long). Female canal opening into the dorso-caudal wall of the female atrium (
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). The female atrium (800µm long) is an oblique cavity poorly folded and almost tubular in shape, partially separated from the male atrium by an oblique fold which hangs from the roof between both atria at the level of the gonopore (
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). Vitelline follicles well developed, located among intestinal branches (
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).
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Ovovitelline ducts lined by ciliated cuboidal epithelium, followed by a thin circular muscle layer (5µm thick). Lining epithelium of common glandular ovovitelline duct columnar and ciliated, receiving abundant erythrophil amorphous secretion from shell glands (
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); common duct coated by a muscle layer composed of circular fibres intermingled with some oblique fibres (2025µm thick). Female canal lined by a ciliated columnar epithelium followed by a muscle layer (20µm thick) with the same arrangement as in the common ovovitelline duct. The female canal receives abundant fine granular erythrophil secretion and erythrophil amorphous secretion in less quantity (
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). Lining epithelium of female atrium columnar and non-ciliated, filled with abundant fine granular erythrophil secretion and scarce erythrophil amorphous secretion. Cell bodies of these glands located in the surrounding parenchyma. Muscularis of the female atrium much thicker than that of the male atrium (~200µm thick), being composed of circular fibres with some interspersed longitudinal fibres, although thinner near the gonopore (2550µm thick). Common muscle coat not well organized as in the male atrium, consisting of loose longitudinal fibres (510µm thick).
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BDEE9181CC26FD44" box="[199,328,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">Parasitism.</emphasis>
Nematode larvae were found in the anterior body region (inside the nervous plate and parenchyma very close to the ovaries) and inside the pharynx.
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BDEE91C8CC85FC9D" bold="true" box="[199,491,764,789]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">Comparative discussion.</emphasis>
The new species here described exhibits the combination of diagnostic characters of the genus
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, namely: slender body with parallel margins; extrabulbar prostatic vesicle histologically differentiated according to the secretions it receives and commonly with a bifurcated proximal portion; ejaculatory duct opening directly into a long and richly folded male atrium; ovovitelline ducts ventral to the female atrium and joining each other behind it; female genital canal ventrally flexed (
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;
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Carbayo
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2013
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). Besides, species of
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tend to exhibit a thick cutaneous musculature in relation to body height, varying approximately between 10% and 20% (values of CMI). The internal anatomy of the different species of
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, mainly concerning the copulatory apparatus, is extremely similar, making difficult any comparison among them. So, they are usually distinguished by differences in the external appearance and histological details of the internal anatomy.
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In comparison with the other species of the genus,
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BECE9750C92DFBF5" bold="true" box="[999,1091,1124,1149]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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externally resembles
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6B8699750CDBAFB28" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">Pasipha mbya</emphasis>
Negrete &amp; Brusa, 2016
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, species described for
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(
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). Both species exhibit a median yellowish band with black para-median stripes on the dorsum. However, in
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, whose ground colour is dark grey, the median band is mottled with black spots, while in
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, whose ground colour is brown, there is a thin brownish line along the median band. Regarding the copulatory apparatus, they are also similar but
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6B8AE97C1CD98FAA7" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. quirogai</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BC2B9623CC31FAB8" bold="true" box="[258,351,1303,1328]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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can be differentiated from
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in some details. The prostatic vesicle of both species is globose with folded walls, with the proximal portion bifurcated and receiving fine granular erythrophil secretion. Nevertheless, in
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BC7A9655CCC6FAF0" box="[339,424,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. mbya</emphasis>
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, the distal part of the prostatic vesicle is pierced by coarse erythrophil granules, whereas, in
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BD9C96B1CC5FFA14" authority="Negrete &amp; Brusa, 2017" authorityName="Negrete &amp; Brusa" authorityYear="2017" box="[181,305,1413,1436]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="quirogai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BD9C96B1CC5FFA14" box="[181,305,1413,1436]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. quirogai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2796B13FFF8FFC6BC1096B0CCFAFA15" box="[313,404,1412,1437]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BC1096B0CCFAFA15" bold="true" box="[313,404,1412,1437]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, it receives coarse xanthophil granules. We also observed differences in the secretions that pierce the epithelium of the male atrium. In
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BFA9969DCF94FA37" authority="Negrete &amp; Brusa, 2017" authorityName="Negrete &amp; Brusa" authorityYear="2017" box="[640,762,1448,1472]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="quirogai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BFA9969DCF94FA37" box="[640,762,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. quirogai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2796B13FFF8FFC6BE289693CE34FA48" box="[769,858,1447,1472]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BE289693CE34FA48" bold="true" box="[769,858,1447,1472]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, it receives only fine granular erythrophil secretion, whereas, in
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BC0C96F9CC13FA6C" authorityName="Negrete &amp; Brusa" authorityYear="2016" box="[293,381,1484,1508]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="mbya">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BC0C96F9CC13FA6C" box="[293,381,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. mbya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, it is also pierced by amorphous erythrophil secretion and cyanophil granules (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF8FFC6B80896F8CC47F980" author="Negrete" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" refString="Negrete, L. &amp; Brusa, F. (2016 a) Land flatworms of the genus Pasipha (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae) in Argentina, with description of three new species. Zootaxa, 4137, 187 - 210. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4137.2.2" type="journal article" year="2016" yearSuffix="a">Negrete &amp; Brusa 2016a</bibRefCitation>
). Regarding the female system,
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BFB996C5CE65F98F" authority="Negrete &amp; Brusa, 2017" authorityName="Negrete &amp; Brusa" authorityYear="2017" box="[656,779,1520,1544]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="quirogai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BFB996C5CE65F98F" box="[656,779,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. quirogai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2796B13FFF8FFC6BE3B96DBCE02F980" box="[786,876,1519,1544]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BE3B96DBCE02F980" bold="true" box="[786,876,1519,1544]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
is distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6B94E96C5C9AEF980" box="[1127,1216,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. mbya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because the female atrium of
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BC249521CCE5F9A4" authority="Negrete &amp; Brusa, 2017" authorityName="Negrete &amp; Brusa" authorityYear="2017" box="[269,395,1557,1580]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="quirogai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BC249521CCE5F9A4" box="[269,395,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. quirogai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2796B13FFF8FFC6BCBE9520CC9BF9A5" box="[407,501,1556,1581]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BCBE9520CC9BF9A5" bold="true" box="[407,501,1556,1581]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
is lined by a columnar epithelium, whereas that of
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6B9759521C9D8F9A4" authorityName="Negrete &amp; Brusa" authorityYear="2016" box="[1116,1206,1556,1580]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="mbya">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6B9759521C9D8F9A4" box="[1116,1206,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. mbya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is tall columnar of pseudostratified aspect (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF8FFC6BC8C950CCFDBF9D8" author="Negrete" box="[421,693,1591,1616]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" refString="Negrete, L. &amp; Brusa, F. (2016 a) Land flatworms of the genus Pasipha (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae) in Argentina, with description of three new species. Zootaxa, 4137, 187 - 210. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4137.2.2" type="journal article" year="2016" yearSuffix="a">Negrete &amp; Brusa 2016a</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B810A7AFFF8FFC6BDEE9568C847F8C4" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">
Regarding the colour pattern,
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BF319568CFB4F9FC" authority="Negrete &amp; Brusa, 2017" authorityName="Negrete &amp; Brusa" authorityYear="2017" box="[536,730,1628,1652]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="quirogai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BF319568CFB4F9FC" box="[536,730,1628,1652]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">Pasipha quirogai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2796B13FFF8FFC6BFCB9568CE52F9FD" box="[738,828,1628,1653]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BFCB9568CE52F9FD" bold="true" box="[738,828,1628,1653]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
also shares some similarity with the Brazilian species
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BDBE95B4CF7DF910" authority="(Riester, 1938)" baseAuthorityName="Riester" baseAuthorityYear="1938" box="[151,531,1663,1688]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="penhana">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BDBE95B4CC32F910" box="[151,348,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">Pasipha penhana</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF8FFC6BC47954BCF64F910" author="Riester" box="[366,522,1663,1688]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" refString="Riester, A. (1938) Beitrage zur Geoplaniden-Fauna Brasiliens. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 441, 1 - 88." type="journal article" year="1938">Riester, 1938</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BF0895B4CECFF910" authority="(Marcus, 1951)" baseAuthorityName="Marcus" baseAuthorityYear="1951" box="[545,929,1663,1688]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="tapetilla">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BF0895B4CF8AF910" box="[545,740,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">Pasipha tapetilla</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF8FFC6BFDF95B4CEF9F910" author="Marcus" box="[758,919,1663,1688]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" refString="Marcus, E. (1951) Turbellaria brasileiros (9). Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras da Universidade Sao Paulo, Serie Zoologia, 16, 5 - 215. https: // doi. org / 10.11606 / issn. 2526 - 4877. bsffclzoologia. 1951.125221" type="journal article" year="1951">Marcus, 1951</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BE8795B4C8F9F910" authority="Leal-Zanchet et al., 2012" authorityName="Leal-Zanchet et al." authorityYear="2012" box="[942,1431,1663,1688]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="backesi">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BE8795B4C906F910" box="[942,1128,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">Pasipha backesi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF8FFC6B95B954BC8F9F910" author="Leal-Zanchet" box="[1138,1431,1663,1688]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" refString="Leal-Zanchet, A. M., Rossi, I., Seitenfus, A. L. R. &amp; Alvarenga, J. (2012) Two new species of land flatworms and comments on the genus Pasipha Ogren &amp; Kawakatsu, 1990 (Platyhelminthes: Continenticola). Zootaxa, 3583, 1 - 21." type="journal article" year="2012">
Leal-Zanchet
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6B83895B5C822F910" box="[1297,1356,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">et al.</emphasis>
, 2012
</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BDE19590CE79F935" authority="Amaral &amp; Leal-Zanchet, 2016" authorityName="Amaral &amp; Leal-Zanchet" authorityYear="2016" box="[200,791,1700,1725]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="mesoxantha">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BDE19590CCDDF934" box="[200,435,1700,1724]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">Pasipha mesoxantha</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF8FFC6BC959590CE79F935" author="Amaral" box="[444,791,1700,1725]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" refString="Amaral, S. V. &amp; Leal-Zanchet, A. M. (2016) Two new species of Pasipha Ogren &amp; Kawakatsu (Platyhelminthes: Continenticola) from areas of deciduous forest in southern Brazil. Zootaxa, 4171, 459 - 474. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4171.3.3" type="journal article" year="2016">Amaral &amp; Leal-Zanchet, 2016</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, all of which exhibit a yellowish median band along the dorsum.
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BDD095FCCCD3F968" baseAuthorityName="Riester" baseAuthorityYear="1938" box="[249,445,1736,1760]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="penhana">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BDD095FCCCD3F968" box="[249,445,1736,1760]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">Pasipha penhana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BCDD95FDCF03F968" baseAuthorityName="Marcus" baseAuthorityYear="1951" box="[500,621,1736,1760]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="tapetilla">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BCDD95FDCF03F968" box="[500,621,1736,1760]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. tapetilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differ from the new species because they exhibit lateral black stripes on a greyish background (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF8FFC6BCB295D8CF5EF88C" author="Riester" box="[411,560,1772,1797]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" refString="Riester, A. (1938) Beitrage zur Geoplaniden-Fauna Brasiliens. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 441, 1 - 88." type="journal article" year="1938">Riester 1938</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF8FFC6BF1495D9CFBAF88D" author="Marcus" box="[573,724,1772,1797]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" refString="Marcus, E. (1951) Turbellaria brasileiros (9). Boletins da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras da Universidade Sao Paulo, Serie Zoologia, 16, 5 - 215. https: // doi. org / 10.11606 / issn. 2526 - 4877. bsffclzoologia. 1951.125221" type="journal article" year="1951">Marcus 1951</bibRefCitation>
), absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BE7195D9CEBAF88C" authority="Negrete &amp; Brusa, 2017" authorityName="Negrete &amp; Brusa" authorityYear="2017" box="[856,980,1773,1796]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="quirogai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BE7195D9CEBAF88C" box="[856,980,1773,1796]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. quirogai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2796B13FFF8FFC6BEF495D8C956F88D" box="[989,1080,1772,1797]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BEF495D8C956F88D" bold="true" box="[989,1080,1772,1797]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
The dorsal colour pattern of
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6B8AE95D9CD85F8A0" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="backesi">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6B8AE95D9CD85F8A0" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. backesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, unlike that of
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BCB29425CF79F8AF" authority="Negrete &amp; Brusa, 2017" authorityName="Negrete &amp; Brusa" authorityYear="2017" box="[411,535,1808,1832]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="quirogai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BCB29425CF79F8AF" box="[411,535,1808,1832]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. quirogai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2796B13FFF8FFC6BF36943BCF14F8A0" box="[543,634,1807,1832]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BF36943BCF14F8A0" bold="true" box="[543,634,1807,1832]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, also shows lateral stripes of dark brown pigment (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAF778BFFF8FFC6B9EA943BCDBAF8C4" author="Leal-Zanchet" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" refString="Leal-Zanchet, A. M., Rossi, I., Seitenfus, A. L. R. &amp; Alvarenga, J. (2012) Two new species of land flatworms and comments on the genus Pasipha Ogren &amp; Kawakatsu, 1990 (Platyhelminthes: Continenticola). Zootaxa, 3583, 1 - 21." type="journal article" year="2012">
Leal-Zanchet
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6B84A9425C8F2F8A0" box="[1379,1436,1808,1832]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">et al.</emphasis>
2012
</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BDCF9400CCA1F8C4" authorityName="Amaral &amp; Leal-Zanchet" authorityYear="2016" box="[230,463,1844,1868]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="mesoxantha">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BDCF9400CCA1F8C4" box="[230,463,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">Pasipha mesoxantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
lacks para-median stripes, whereas, in
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BEAE9401C96FF8C4" authority="Negrete &amp; Brusa, 2017" authorityName="Negrete &amp; Brusa" authorityYear="2017" box="[903,1025,1845,1868]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="quirogai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BEAE9401C96FF8C4" box="[903,1025,1845,1868]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. quirogai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2796B13FFF8FFC6B9209400C90CF8C5" box="[1033,1122,1844,1869]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6B9209400C90CF8C5" bold="true" box="[1033,1122,1844,1869]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, they are present.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B810A7AFFF8FFC7BDEE9463C9F2FEED" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2013]" lastBlockId="7.[151,1436,151,357]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="106" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">
Regarding the copulatory apparatus, the new species can be differentiated from the above-mentioned Brazilian species due to some anatomical and histological details. In
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BE679449CEA0F81C" baseAuthorityName="Riester" baseAuthorityYear="1938" box="[846,974,1916,1940]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="penhana">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BE679449CEA0F81C" box="[846,974,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. penhana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6B9229449C9E9F81C" baseAuthorityName="Marcus" baseAuthorityYear="1951" box="[1035,1159,1916,1940]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="tapetilla">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6B9229449C9E9F81C" box="[1035,1159,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. tapetilla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the prostatic vesicle is tubular and unforked, while in
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BCD99495CF04F830" authority="Negrete &amp; Brusa, 2017" authorityName="Negrete &amp; Brusa" authorityYear="2017" box="[496,618,1953,1976]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="quirogai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BCD99495CF04F830" box="[496,618,1953,1976]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. quirogai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2796B13FFF8FFC6BF589494CFA4F831" box="[625,714,1952,1977]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BF589494CFA4F831" bold="true" box="[625,714,1952,1977]" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, it is globose with the proximal portion forked, as
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6B9D79495C803F830" box="[1278,1389,1952,1976]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="backesi">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6B9D79495C803F830" box="[1278,1389,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. backesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF8FFC6BDBE94F1CC52F854" authorityName="Amaral &amp; Leal-Zanchet" authorityYear="2016" box="[151,316,1988,2012]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="6" pageNumber="105" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="mesoxantha">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BDBE94F1CC52F854" box="[151,316,1988,2012]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. mesoxantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The epithelial lining of the male atrium of
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6BE4D94F1CEB4F854" box="[868,986,1988,2012]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. backesi</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF8FFC6B93494F1C9ABF854" box="[1053,1221,1988,2012]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="105">P. mesoxantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
receives different secretions along its length, whereas that of
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7BF5793ADCF97FF27" box="[638,761,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">P. quirogai</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7BE2893A3CE35FF38" bold="true" box="[769,859,151,176]" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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receives only erythrophil granules. In addition, the female atrium of
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7BC729389CCA5FF5C" box="[347,459,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">P. backesi</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7BF2D9389CFC8FF5C" box="[516,678,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">P. mesoxantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is oval-elongate with highly folded walls (
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;
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Leal-Zanchet
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7BC5293D5CCDAFF70" box="[379,436,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">et al.</emphasis>
2012
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), contrasting with the poorly folded atrium of
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7B92993D5C915FF7F" box="[1024,1147,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">P. quirogai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7B9AA93EBC9B3FF70" bold="true" box="[1155,1245,223,248]" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, which is almost tubular in shape. Also, the position of the common glandular ovovitelline duct differs between these species because in
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7BC3A921DCCECFEC8" box="[275,386,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">P. backesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7BC9E921DCF36FEC8" box="[439,600,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">P. mesoxantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
it is slightly ascendant and runs posteriorly, while in
<taxonomicName id="4C3E71F9FFF9FFC7B982921DC84BFEB7" authority="Negrete &amp; Brusa, 2017" authorityName="Negrete &amp; Brusa" authorityYear="2017" box="[1195,1317,296,320]" class="Rhabditophora" family="Geoplanidae" genus="Pasipha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tricladida" pageId="7" pageNumber="106" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="quirogai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7B982921DC84BFEB7" box="[1195,1317,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">P. quirogai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B94AD668FFF9FFC7B8059213C8E8FEC8" bold="true" box="[1324,1414,295,320]" pageId="7" pageNumber="106">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
it is almost vertical and distally anteriorly flexed before opening into the female genital canal.
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