The best is yet to come: six new species within a largebodied earthworm genus (Scherotheca, Lumbricidae) in a densely sampled region (south-western France) Author Marchán, Daniel Fernández Author Novo, Marta Author Domínguez, Jorge Author Silva, Alberto Da Author Martínez, Alejandro Author Gerard, Sylvain Author Hedde, Mickaël Author Decaëns, Thibaud text Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2023 2023-04-11 198 3 802 820 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad002 journal article 53827 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad002 2b76b9ea-4581-4398-9f74-5ef4a992eeec 0024-4082 8147364 41F4B069-C531-4976-A575-02A8DFDE27FF

Table 2. Morphological characters of the six undescribed morphospecies of Scherotheca (shown in bold) and the species

	Average length	Average no.	Average	Spermathecal pores	Clitellum	Tubercula pubertatis	Seminal vesicles (S.V.) Spermathecae
TAXONOMIC ACTS
PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS
* Lengths taken from Bouché, 1972 and Szederjesi et al. (2021); as the fixation state (live, in formaldehyde, in ethanol) is not known, comparisons § Missing from the original description. ?Measurement not taken due to the lack of complete specimens.
	(cm)	of segments	weight (g)			(T.P.)
Sc. albina sp. nov.	13.16–17.20	244–253	4.37–5.39	9/10–12/13(13/14)	27–41	31–1/n 41	9–12 Simple
Sc. rhodana	35–45*	280–310	12.5	9/10–12/13	(1/2 26)1/2 27–1/2	1/n 32–41	9–12 Simple
42 (1/2 43)
Sc. etcheberryensis sp. nov.	29.2–30.0	472–491	32.0–32.6	13/14–19/20	29–52	33–45	11,12 Simple
Sc. thomasi	100*	515	71	13/14–15/16	29–1/2 51(51)	45–50	11,12 Simple
Sc. michaelseni	30–53*	407–488	24.6–37.2	13/14–18/19	29–54(55)	(32)33–45(46)	11,12 Simple
Sc. microthomasi sp. nov.	14.0–18.8	225–304	6.0–11.9	(12/13)13/14–18/19	28,29–50,52	(43)45–49,51	11,12 Simple
Sc. shaihulud sp. nov.	30	405	41.5	13/14,14/15	33–52,53	40–46	11,12 Multiple (5–9)
Sc. chicharia	35–63*	288–405	32–86	13/14,14/15	1/n 32–1/n 52	(1/2 38) 1/3 39–45	11,12 Multiple (7–9)
Sc. occidentalis	?	259	?	13/14,14/15	35–51§	1/n 39–45	11,12§ Multiple (2–3)
Sc. betharramensis sp. nov.	37.5	334	20.5	12/13–19/20	(1/n 28)29–49	30–1/n 43	9–12 Simple
Sc. trezencensis sp. nov.	19.5	246	11.53	13/14,14/15	29–44,1/n 45	1/n 33–39(1/n 40)	9–12 Multiple (3)
Sc. savignyi	40–52*	225–270	14–17	13/14–15/16	31–44	(33)34–39	9–12 Multiple (3–4)
Sc. occitanica	18–34*	237–337	?	13/14,14/15	1/2 28, 29–47	1/2 34,35–39, 1/2 40	9–12 Multiple (4–6)