Phaenocora galiziana ( Schmidt, 1858 ) Graff, 1909

Houben, Albrecht M., Steenkiste, Niels Van & Artois, Tom J., 2014, Revision of Phaenocora Ehrenberg, 1836 (Rhabditophora, Typhloplanidae, Phaenocorinae) with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 3889 (3), pp. 301-354 : 338

Phaenocora galiziana ( Schmidt, 1858) Graff, 1909

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Derostomum galizianum Schmidt 1858: 26 , plate 1 Fig. 1 .

Derostoma galizianum Graff 1882: 367 –369; Braun 1885: 221; Sekera 1904: 441; Hofsten 1912: 624. Phaenocora galiziana Graff 1909: 93 –94; Sekera 1912: 162; Graff 1913: 134, 138, Fig. 137; Nasonov 1926: 869;

Beklemischev 1929: 550; Gilbert 1935: 284, 345–346, 349, 352, 372, tables 1, 2; Beauchamp 1936: 149; Weise 1942: 145. Phaenocora galiciana (incorrect subsequent spelling) Stummer-Traunfels & Meixner 1930 (and references therein): 3425;

Steinböck 1948: 23.

Known distribution: Krakow ( Poland) ( Schmidt 1858), North France, Bohemia ( Czech Republic), former Galicia ( Graff 1909; Graff 1913); Saint Petersburg ( Russia): ditch in Peterhofs park ( Nasonov 1926); vicinity of Berlin ( Germany) ( Weise 1942); near Skútustaðir ( Iceland), pond called Mývatn ( Steinböck 1948).

Material examined: None.

Diagnosis: Animals about 3–4 mm long, coloured grey, although often green when zoochlorellae are present. Eyes greenish-black, situated at the lateral side of the head. Reproductive structures situated caudally from the gonopore.

Remark: Schmidt (1858) originally described the internal organization of P. galiziana as being identical to that of P. unipunctata , with the reproductive structures situated caudally from the gonopore. Therefore it seems reasonable to assume P. galiziana has a male copulatory organ of the duplex-type IIIA and a female system of the UNIPUNCTATA - type. However, Schmidt (1858) never mentioned any of these features when describing P. galiziana .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Photographs of live animals A, P. evelinae. B, P. foliacea from South Africa. C, P. foliacea from India. D, P. aglobulata sp. nov.. E – H, P. gilberti sp. nov.: E – F, pigmentation of the head. G, male copulatory organ. H, female genital canal.