Martiodrilus (Maipure) Righi, 1995

Alexander Feijoo, M. & Celis, Liliana V., 2012, Earthworms (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae) of the Amazon region of Colombia, Zootaxa 3201, pp. 27-44 : 28

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scientific name	Martiodrilus (Maipure) Righi, 1995
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Subgenus Martiodrilus (Maipure) Righi, 1995 , emend. Zicsi, 2001

Martiodrilus (Maipure) Righi, 1995: 531 . Martiodrilus (Maipure) Zicsi, 2001: 114 . Martiodrilus (Maipure) Zicsi, 2005: 113 .

Diagnosis. Species with green, red, violet, brown or bluish pigmentation. Eight rows of regular, closely paired setae. Absent or very thin membrane-shaped septa in the gizzard area; 7–8 pairs of calciferous glands between segments 7– 13 or 8–14 with a composite, reticulate tubular structure. Holandric and metagynic sexual apparatus with testes in segments 10 and 11 and hypo- or periesophageal testis sacs. Short seminal vesicles limited to segments in 11 and 12. Four pairs of spermathecae present in segments 6, 7, 8, 9.

References

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.

Zicsi A. (2001) Revision der Untergattung Martiodrilus (Maipure Righi, 1995) (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae). Regenwurmer aus Sudamerika, 33. Opuscula Zoologica Budapest, 33, 113 - 131.

Zicsi, A. (2005) Uber den heutigen Stand der Regenwurmfauna (Oligochaeta) Ekuadors mit einem Bestimmungsschlussel der Glossoscoleciden - Arten. Regenwurmer aus Sudamerika 39. Berichte Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischer Verein Innsbruck, 92, 95 - 130.