Wegeneriella congica ZICSI et CSUZDI, 1989

Csuzdi, C. S., 2010, Review Of The Paleotropical Neogastrini Earthworms (Oligochaeta, Acanthodrilidae: Benhamiinae) With Description Of Two New Genera, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 56 (2), pp. 103-118 : 116

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.12584512
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12585377
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F687CF-996C-FFB8-FDB9-1F49FC9E6614
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Wegeneriella congica ZICSI et CSUZDI, 1989
status

Treatment

Wegeneriella congica ZICSI & CSUZDI, 1989: 29 , CSUZDI 1993: 66, CSUZDI 1995: 117, CSUZDI 1996: 364. OMODEO 2000: 194.

Diagnosis. L. 13–15 mm, D. 1 mm. No. segments 71–83. Colour brown. Head epilobous, first dorsal pore 5/6. Spermathecal pore 8/9, single ventralmedian. Clitellum circular on 13–19, ½ 20. f 14, single ventralmedian. m 18. Genital field maize-kernel shaped, prostatic pores 17.

All septa membranous. Muscular gizzard 6. Calciferous glands 14–15 open in the oesophagus through a common duct. Last pair of hearts 12. Typhlosole vestigial. Excretory system holoic.

Testes 10, 11 free. Vesicles 12. Prostates 17. Penial setae lacking. Spermathecae elongated sac-shaped, duct hardly detached from the ampoule and contains several sperm-chambers.

Distribution – Republic of the Congo.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Annelida
Class	Clitellata
Order	Crassiclitellata
Family	Octochaetidae
Genus	Wegeneriella