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        <mods:title>Two new earthworm species of the genera Eutyphoeus Michaelsen, 1900 and Priodoscolex Gates, 1940 (Crassiclitellata: Acanthodrilidae) from India</mods:title>
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        <mods:namePart>Ahmed, Shakoor</mods:namePart>
        <mods:affiliation>Zoological Survey of India (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India), FPS Building, Indian Museum complex, Kolkata 700016, India.</mods:affiliation>
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        <mods:namePart>Banerjee, Dhriti</mods:namePart>
        <mods:affiliation>Zoological Survey of India (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India), M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, India.</mods:affiliation>
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        <mods:namePart>Marimuthu, Nithyanandam</mods:namePart>
        <mods:affiliation>Zoological Survey of India (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India), FPS Building, Indian Museum complex, Kolkata 700016, India.</mods:affiliation>
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            <mods:title>Zootaxa</mods:title>
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            <mods:date>2025</mods:date>
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                <mods:number>2025-03-20</mods:number>
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<table id="D7B06601917E0511BCF8D08266E3FCB8"><caption box="[152,1015,764,788]" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" startId="8.[152,244,764,788]" targetType="table"><emphasis bold="true" box="[152,271,764,788]" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">TABLE 1.</emphasis> Comparative analysis between the new species and described species</caption><thead><tr id="3DFF34CB917EFAE6BCC3D15B609AFC91"><th box="[163,362,805,829]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BCC3D15B647EFC91" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Characters/species</th><th box="[388,986,805,829]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BDE4D15B66CEFC91" pageId="8" pageNumber="244"><taxonomicName _authorityPlausibility="0.9813572" _evidence="statusLabel" _step="newLabel1" authority="Ahmed &amp; Marimuthu" authorityName="Ahmed &amp; Marimuthu" authorityYear="2025" box="[388,893,805,829]" class="Clitellata" family="Acanthodrilidae" genus="Priodoscolex" id="44CF4D0A917E0511BDE4D15B6669FC91" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="maduraiensis" status="sp. nov."><emphasis box="[388,665,805,829]" id="B1BBEA9B917E0511BDE4D15B678DFC91" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Priodoscolex maduraiensis</emphasis> Ahmed &amp; Marimuthu</taxonomicName>, <taxonomicNameLabel box="[903,982,805,828]" id="AA8857E0917E0511BFE7D15B66C2FC90" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel></th><th box="[1012,1422,805,829]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BF94D15B609AFC91" pageId="8" pageNumber="244"><taxonomicName _authorityPlausibility="0.99524" _evidence="catalogs" _step="species1" authority="Gates, 1940 Length" authorityName="Gates" authorityYear="1940" box="[1012,1378,805,829]" class="Clitellata" family="Acanthodrilidae" genus="Priodoscolex" id="44CF4D0A917E0511BF94D15B6076FC91" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="montanus"><emphasis box="[1012,1251,805,829]" id="B1BBEA9B917E0511BF94D15B61F7FC90" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Priodoscolex montanus</emphasis> <bibRefCitation author="Gates, G. E." box="[1257,1378,805,829]" id="E75E4B78917E0511B889D15B6076FC91" pageId="8" pageNumber="244" pagination="115 - 143" refId="ref6481" refString="Gates, G. E. (1940) Indian earthworms. VIII - XI. Records of the Indian Museum, 42 (1), 115-143. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v42/i1/1940/162455" type="journal article" year="1940">Gates, 1940</bibRefCitation></taxonomicName></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr id="3DFF34CB917EFAE6BCC3D133609AFCC9"><th box="[163,362,845,869]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BCC3D133647EFCC9" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Length</th><td box="[388,986,845,869]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BDE4D13366CEFCC9" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">92–280 mm</td><td box="[1012,1422,845,869]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BF94D133609AFCC9" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">230–313 mm</td></tr><tr id="3DFF34CB917EFAE6BCC3D10B609AFC21"><th box="[163,362,885,909]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BCC3D10B647EFC21" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Width</th><td box="[388,986,885,909]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BDE4D10B66CEFC21" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">3–6 mm</td><td box="[1012,1422,885,909]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BF94D10B609AFC21" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">3–4 mm</td></tr><tr id="3DFF34CB917EFAE6BCC3D1E3609AFC1A"><th box="[163,362,925,950]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BCC3D1E3647EFC1A" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Segments</th><td box="[388,986,925,950]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BDE4D1E366CEFC1A" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">211–389</td><td box="[1012,1422,925,950]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BF94D1E3609AFC1A" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">306–384</td></tr><tr id="3DFF34CB917EFAE6BCC3D1B8609AFBE6"><th box="[163,362,966,1098]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BCC3D1B8647EFBE6" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Setae</th><td box="[388,986,966,1098]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BDE4D1B866CEFBE6" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Perichaetine, except segment 18, ventral setae on segments 12–21 sometimes 11 and 22 displaced anteriorly or posteriorly of the setal line</td><td box="[1012,1422,966,1098]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BF94D1B8609AFBE6" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Perichaetine, ventral-most setae may be displaced anteriorly or posteriorly to produce a zigzagged appearance of the transverse setal line</td></tr><tr id="3DFF34CB917EFAE6BCC3D624609AFBD8"><th box="[163,362,1114,1140]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BCC3D624647EFBD8" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Clitellum</th><td box="[388,986,1114,1140]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BDE4D62466CEFBD8" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Saddle shaped on segments 13–18</td><td box="[1012,1422,1114,1140]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BF94D624609AFBD8" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Saddle shaped on segments 13, ½13– 19</td></tr><tr id="3DFF34CB917EFAE6BCC3D6FC609AFB12"><th box="[163,362,1154,1214]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BCC3D6FC647EFB12" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Spermathecal pores</th><td box="[388,986,1154,1214]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BDE4D6FC66CEFB12" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Three pairs 7,8 and 9 (just posterior to 6/7,7/8 and 8/9</td><td box="[1012,1422,1154,1214]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BF94D6FC609AFB12" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Two pairs in 8 and 9 (slightly posterior to7/8 and 8/9)</td></tr><tr id="3DFF34CB917EFAE6BCC3D6B0609AFAA6"><th box="[163,362,1230,1290]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BCC3D6B0647EFAA6" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Male pores</th><td box="[388,986,1230,1290]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BDE4D6B066CEFAA6" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Closely paired in segment 18 in a square-shaped depression</td><td box="[1012,1422,1230,1290]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BF94D6B0609AFAA6" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Closely paired in segment 18 in an oval, transverse genital shield</td></tr><tr id="3DFF34CB917EFAE6BCC3D765609AFAFB"><th box="[163,362,1307,1367]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BCC3D765647EFAFB" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Typhlosole</th><td box="[388,986,1307,1367]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BDE4D76566CEFAFB" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Simple, lamelliform begin in segments 26–28</td><td box="[1012,1422,1307,1367]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BF94D765609AFAFB" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Simple, lamelliform begin in segments 27–31</td></tr><tr id="3DFF34CB917EFAE6BCC3D719609AFAD3"><th box="[163,362,1383,1407]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BCC3D719647EFAD3" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Seminal vesicles</th><td box="[388,986,1383,1407]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BDE4D71966CEFAD3" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">In segments 11 and 12</td><td box="[1012,1422,1383,1407]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BF94D719609AFAD3" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">In segment 11 and 12</td></tr><tr id="3DFF34CB917EFAE6BCC3D7F1609AFA43"><th box="[163,362,1423,1519]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BCC3D7F1647EFA43" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Spermathecae</th><td box="[388,986,1423,1519]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BDE4D7F166CEFA43" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Three pairs in segments 7, 8 and 9 sometimes anterior directed in segments 6, 7 and 8, with digitiform, ectal diverticulum</td><td box="[1012,1422,1423,1519]" id="7E2E5DB7917EFAE6BF94D7F1609AFA43" pageId="8" pageNumber="244">Two pairs in segments 8 and 9, with digitiform, ectal diverticulum</td></tr></tbody></table></document>