Eisenia kontschani Szederjesi, Pavlicek & Csuzdi, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Szederjesi, Tímea, Pavlíček, Tomás, Latif, Robabeh, Csuzdi, Csaba
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Ochrophyta; Phaeophyceae; Laminariales; Lessoniaceae; Eisenia; Eisenia kontschani; Mite; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6144270; https://zenodo.org/record/6144270

Eisenia kontschani Szederjesi, Pavlíček & Csuzdi sp. nov. Figure 2 A,B Holotype . HNHM / 16953. Grazed Mediterranean garrigue near Hasankeyf, Batman Province, Turkey, 37 o 42 'N, 41 o 24 'E. Leg. T. Pavlíček & P. Cardet, 23.04.2009. Paratypes . HNHM / 16954, 5 ex., locality and date same as that of the Holotype. Derivatio nominis . The new species is named in honour of our college, the renowned mite taxonomist Dr. Jenő Kontschán for his continuous help in our earthworm researches. Diagnosis . Length 56–79 mm, diameter 3.5– 4 mm, setae closely paired. Colour red-violet dorsally. First dorsal pore in 4 / 5. Clitellum on 26–37, 1 / 2 38, tubercles on 32–36. Male pore on 15, surrounded by glandular crescents. Nephridial pores not visible. Four pairs of vesicles in 9–12; spermathecae two pairs in 9 / 10 – 10 / 11, open near d . Calciferous glands in 11–13. Hearts in segments 7–11. Nephridial bladders simple, sausage-shaped. Longitudinal musculature pinnate. External characters . Holotype 78 mm long and 4 mm wide. Number of segments 169. Paratypes 56–79 mm long and 3.5– 4 mm wide. Number of segments 117–173. Colour red-violet dorsally. Prostomium tanylobous. First dorsal pore at intersegmental furrow 4 / 5. Setae closely paired. Setal arrangement behind clitellum: aa : ab : bc : cd : dd = 18.6:1.3: 10: 1:38.6 (Fig. 2 A). Male pores on segment 15, surrounded by glandular crescents protruding into the neighbouring segments. Nephridial pores not visible. Clitellum on segments 26–37, 1 / 2 38. Tubercula pubertatis on segments 32–36. Glandular tumescence on segments 10–12, 14, 16, 21–23, 32 – 37 ab (Fig. 2 B). Internal characters . Septa 6 / 7–8 / 9 strongly thickened, 9 / 10 – 10 / 11 less so. Testes and funnels paired in segments 10–11, covered with peri-oesophageal testis sac. Four pairs of seminal vesicles in 9–12. Spermathecae two pairs in 9 / 10, 10 / 11 with external openings near setal line d . Calciferous glands in segment 11–13 without well demarcated diverticula. Paired hearts appear in segments 7–11, with a pair of small extraoesophageal vessels in 12. Nephridial bladders simple, sausage-shaped. Crop in segments 15–16, and gizzard in segments 17–18. Typhlosolis T-shaped, large. Longitudinal musculature is of pinnate type. Remarks . The new species is close to E. malevici Perel, 1962 but differs from it by the somewhat longer clitellum, the tanylobic head and the number of seminal vesicles (Table 1). : Published as part of Szederjesi, Tímea, Pavlíček, Tomás, Latif, Robabeh & Csuzdi, Csaba, 2014, Review of the Eisenia muganiensis (Michaelsen, 1910) species group with description of two new species (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae), pp. 282-288 in Zootaxa 3884 (3) on pages 283-284, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/229641 : {"references": ["Perel, T. S. (1962) A new earthworm species from Western Siberia: Eisenia malevici sp. n. (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae). Zoologicheski Zhurnal, 41, 454 - 456. [in Russian]"]}