Omodeoscolex Csuzdi, 1993

Decaëns, Thibaud, Bartz, Marie Luise Carolina, Bartz, arolina, Feijoo-Martínez, Alexander, Goulpeau, Arnaud, Lapied, Emmanuel, Marchán, Daniel F., Maggia, Marie-Eugénie, Papuga, Guillaume & James, Samuel W., 2024, Earthworms (Oligochaeta, Clitellata) of the Mitaraka range (French Guiana): commented checklist with description of one genus and eighteen species new to science, Zoosystema 46 (9), pp. 196-244 : 230

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2024v46a9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12537408
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scientific name	Omodeoscolex Csuzdi, 1993
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Genus Omodeoscolex Csuzdi, 1993 View in CoL

Omodeoscolex Csuzdi, 1993: 67 View in CoL ; 2010: 105.

TYPE SPECIES. — Notiodrilus divergens Cognetti de Martiis, 1905 .

DIAGNOSIS. — Setae arranged in eight regular longitudinal lines. Clitellum extending from segments XIII to XX. Gizzard usually absent. Excretory system holoic. Two pairs of calciferous glands in XIV-XV, of lamellar type and opening in the esophagus separately. Spermathecae in pre-testicular segments, paired and without diverticula ( Csuzdi 1993, 2010).

DISTRIBUTION. — Omodeoscolex comprises two Neotropical species (not including the new species described here): Omodeoscolex divergens (Cognetti de Martiis, 1905) is reported from Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana and Panama (http://taxo.drilobase.org/), while Omodeoscolex tocaya ( Righi, Ayres & Bittencourt, 1978) is known from Brazil (Amazonas) ( Righi et al. 1978).