Martiodrilus (Martiodrilus) Righi, 1995

Feijoo, Alexander & Lavelle, Patrick, 2023, New species and records of earthworms (Annelida, Oligochaeta: Crassiclitellata) in small holder farming systems in the Peruvian Amazon, Zootaxa 5255 (1), pp. 157-170 : 163-164

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scientific name	Martiodrilus (Martiodrilus) Righi, 1995
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Subgenus Martiodrilus (Martiodrilus) Righi, 1995 , sensu Zicsi, 2000

Diagnosis. Different sizes, without pigments, dark blue, green or with stripes that vary between black and yellow. Setae in 8 longitudinal rows all over the body, rarely in an irregular arrangement at the end of the body. Intraclitellar male pores. Calciferous glands 8 pairs in segment 7-14, with composite tubular structure. Holandric and metagynous genitalia. 1, 2, or 3 pairs of spermathecae. Dissepiments thickened behind oesophagus. Holonephridia without rosette shaped nephrostoma (modified Zicsi, 2000).

Type species. Martiodrilus (Martiodrilus) heterostichon heterostichon ( Schmarda, 1861)

Distribution. Number of species: 27, 3 subspecies. Ecuador (23), Colombia (4), Peru (1). In some cases, the species are distributed in several countries, for example Martiodrilus (Martiodrilus) heterostichon colpochaeta ( Cognetti, 1906) ( Ecuador, Colombia).

References

Cognetti de Martiis L. (1906) Oligocheti della regione Neotropicale II. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, 56 (2), 147 - 262.

Righi, G. (1995) Colombian earthworms. In: Van der Hammen, T. & Dos Santos, A. G. (Eds.), Studies on Tropical Andean Ecosystems / Estudios de Ecosistemas Tropandinos 4. Cramer, Berlin, pp. 485 - 607.

Schmarda, L. K. (1861) Neue wirbellose Tiere, beobachtet und gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde, 1853 - 1857. W. Engelmann, Leipzig, Bd, 1 (2), pp. 7 - 14.

Zicsi, A. (2000) Revision der untergattung Martiodrilus (Martiodrilus, 1936) (Oligocahaeta: Glossoscolecidae) regenwurmer aus Sudamerika, 29. Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 32, 139 - 167.