Kanchuria sumerianus Julka, 1988

Kharkongor, Ilona J., 2018, Taxonomic and ecological studies on the earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta) of West Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (1), pp. 56-56 : 56-

20. Kanchuria sumerianus Julka, 1988

1988. Kanchuria sumerianus Julka, Res. Bull. (Sci.) Panjab Univ. , 39 (1-2): 89.

Material examined: 1 ex. Regn. No. IV /ANN/NERC-60. India, Meghalaya,WKH District, Nongstoiñ –Nongkhnum road, about 4 Km from Nongstoiñ , N25 o 30’26.1”; E91 o 17’03.4”; Alt. 1396 m, 24.vi.2010, coll. I.J.Kharkongor and party .

Diagnosis: Length 77-162 mm. Segments 147-269. Prolobic. Lumbricine. Dorsal pores from 11/12. Spermathecal pores two pairs, large longitudinal slits, on posterior margins of 7 and 8. Clitellum 14-17. Genital markings single, median, transversely oval, on 18/19. Male field depressed on 18. Male pores minute, paired, on setal line of 18, at anterior ends of seminal grooves and slightly raised circular porophores. Female pore, minute, paired, antero-median in 14.

Intestines from 15. Seminal vesicles in 12. Prostates in 18-21.

Distribution: INDIA: Meghalaya (RBD, EKHD, WKHD), Tripura.

Remarks: This species was described from Sumer under Ri Bhoi district, by Julka (1988). Halder (1999) records its distribution in EKHD. Herein, recorded from WKHD also. It is found in the surface to root zone layer of the soil, feeding on the soil it lives in and therefore, may be classed as an endogeic-polyhumic species.