Guianodrilus Bartz & Decaëns, 2024

Decaëns, Thibaud, Bartz, Marie Luise Carolina, Bartz, arolina, Feijoo-Martínez, Alexander, Goulpeau, Arnaud, Lapied, Emmanuel, Marchán, Daniel F., Maggia, Marie-Eugénie, Papuga, Guillaume & James, Samuel W., 2024, Earthworms (Oligochaeta, Clitellata) of the Mitaraka range (French Guiana): commented checklist with description of one genus and eighteen species new to science, Zoosystema 46 (9), pp. 196-244 : 235

Genus Guianodrilus Bartz & Decaëns , n. gen.

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ETYMOLOGY. — The name of the genus refers to the Guianan Center of endemism ( Cardoso Da Silva et al. 2005) in which is located the type locality of the type species.

TYPE SPECIES. — Guianodrilus corticolous Bartz & Decaëns , n. sp.

DIAGNOSIS. — Setae eight per segment, closely paired. Dorsal pores absent. Gizzard absent. Esophagus with extramural calciferous glands in segment IX. Holandric and holonephridial. Last hearts in XII. Intestine begining in XIV. Male pores in XVII. Prostatic pore and tubular prostates in XVII. Bidiverticulate spermathecae in IX.

DISTRIBUTION. — To date, the genus is only known from the type locality of G. corticolous Bartz & Decaëns , n. sp.