Perionyx horai Stephenson, 1924
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17. Perionyx horai Stephenson, 1924
1924. Perionyx horai Stephenson, Rec. Ind. Mus. , 26: 342.
Material examined: 2 ex. Regn. No. IV /ANN/NERC-68. India, Meghalaya, WKH District, Mawthadraishan range, Domkseh village , N25 o 31’58.4”; E91 o 27’42.8”; Alt. 1855m, 25.vi.2010, coll. I.J.Kharkongor and party GoogleMaps .
Diagnosis: Length 86 mm. Segments 144. Epilobic. Perichaetine. Dorsal pores from 4/5. Spermathecal pores in 7/8 and 8/9. Clitellum annular, 13-17. Male pores minute and presumably in anterior ends of deep grooves in the male field.
Gizzard in 5. Seminal vesicles in 11 and 12, united dorsally in each segment. Prostates in 18.
Distribution: INDIA: Meghalaya (EKHD, WKHD).
Remarks: Endemic species known from Meghalaya only. Like the previous species, this species too can be classified as an epi-anecic species living on surface of moist soils covered with vegetable matter in various stages of decay. It feeds on this decaying matter, and on the microbes associated with such ecological niches. Recorded, herein, for the first time from WKHD.
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