Phaenocora highlandensis Gilbert, 1935

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 : 339

Phaenocora highlandensis Gilbert, 1935

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Phaenocora highlandense Gilbert 1935: 287 , 290, 294, 297–302, 306, 309–312, 314–317, 320, 326, 330–332, 341–342, 344, 347, 349, 353, 356, 359, 362–364, 368–369, 373, 375–377, TextFigs 1B, 2Ca, 2Cb, 2Cc, tables 1, 2; Gilbert 1937: 53 –54, 56–58, 67–69; Gilbert 1938a: 194, 204, 208, 211; Gilbert 1938b: 213, 215; Ruebush 1939: 52 –53; Marcus 1946: 71; Karling 1956: 195; Young & Harris 1973: 87.

Phaenocora highlandensis Marcus 1946: 71 , 82, 166.

Known distribution: MacDowell (Highland County, Virginia, USA) ( Gilbert 1935).

Material examined: None.

Diagnosis: Animals about 3–3.7 mm long, with a tail. With visible red eyes. Anterior body region dark red. Zoochlorellae usually present. Dermal rhabdites very slender. Male copulatory organ of the duplex-type IIIB, relatively small. Penis papilla short with a group of spines restricted to the most distal tip of the evaginated penis papilla. Female genital system of the EVELINAE - type. Female genital canal short and broad. Intestinal bursa directly connected to the female genital canal, hence genito-bursal duct absent. Ovo-vitelloduct opening distally from the union of the female genital canal and the intestinal bursa.