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Additions to Andiorrhinus (Turedrilus) (Rhinodrilidae, Clitellata) from Eastern Amazonia
Luis Manuel HernÁndez-garcÍa1, Marie Luise Bartz, JesÚs Enrique Burgos-Guerrero
1Postgraduate Program in Agroecology, Maranhão State University (UEMA), Avenida Lourenço Vieira da Silva 1000, Campus Universitário Paulo VI, Jardim São Cristovão, 65.055-310 São Luís, MA, Brazil. hglm72@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Two new species of the earthworm family Rhinodrilidae (Clitellata), from Maranhão state, Brazil, were studied by dissection. Andiorrhinus (Turedrilus) miricuri n. sp. is the first record of a big earthworm for this region with three pairs of large spermathecae in segments 7-9 and one pair of tubercula pubertatis bands lateral to b line in XX-XXV. Andiorrhinus (Turedrilus) barrosoi n. sp. lacks spermathecae and has one pair of tubercula pubertatis bands lateral to b line in XX-(1/3) XXIV. The earthworms described are from the most threatened region of Amazonia where 75% of forest cover is already lost. More information is urgently necessary to assess their ecology and vulnerability status.
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