Metaphire kiengiangensis Nguyen & Trinh, 2015

Nguyen, Tung T., Trinh, Kim-Binh T., Nguyen, Hong-Lan T. & Nguyen, Anh D., 2017, Earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta) from islands of Kien Hai District, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species and one subspecies, Journal of Natural History 51 (15 - 16), pp. 883-915 : 898-900

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1294213
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scientific name	Metaphire kiengiangensis Nguyen & Trinh, 2015
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Metaphire kiengiangensis Nguyen & Trinh, 2015 View in CoL

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Pheretima kiengiangensis Nguyen & Trinh, 2015 (in Nguyen et al. 2015): 461, fig. 1.

Material examined

1 mature (CTU-EW 019.h01) and 10 matures (CTU-EW 019.p02) Lai Son Island (09° 48 ʹ 21.6 ʹʹ N, 104°38 ʹ 01.1 ʹʹ E), Kien Hai District , Kien Giang Province, 15 November 2013 GoogleMaps ,

coll . Kim-Binh T . Trinh; 3 matures (CTU-EW 019.p03) Lai Son Island (09°48 ʹ 32.4 ʹʹ N, 104° 39 ʹ 23.0 ʹʹ E), Kien Hai District , Kien Giang Province, 14 October 2014, coll GoogleMaps . Kim-Binh T . Trinh.

Diagnosis

Body cylindrical, large size, length 176–280 mm, diameter 6.3–8.1 mm. Prostomium 2/3 epilobous. First dorsal pore in 12/13. Setal number 42–53 in viii, 72–88 in xxx, 10–18 between male porophores in xviii; setal distance aa = ab, zz = zy. Multiple spermathecal pores in ventral intersegments 6/7/8/9. Two pairs of genital markings in intersegments 17/18 and 18/19. Testis sacs separated. Holandric. Intestinal caeca simple. Septa 8/9/10 absent.

Habitats

The species was found in light-clay soils, especially in mango gardens in the mountains. Remarks

The species has been known only from Kien Giang Province, Vietnam.

References

Nguyen TT, Tran TKB, Le VN, Nguyen AD. 2015. On the polythecate earthworms of the genus Metaphire (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of three new species. Raffles Bull Zool. 63: 461 - 470.

Figures

Figure 11. Metaphire kiengiangensis Nguyen & Trinh, 2015. (a) Male region (mp = male pore, gm = genital markings); (b) spermathecae (amp = ampulla, dv = diverticulum); (c) ventral view of spermathecal region (sp = spermathecal pore); (d) prostatic gland (ag = accessory gland); (e) intestinal caecum. Scale bar = 1 mm.