Dendrobaena sp.

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Dendrobaena sp.

MaterialeXamined. HNHM/16810 1 eX., Oltenia, afterMăru, beechforest, 501 m,

N45°25.978’ E22°27.550’, leg. Cs. Csuzdi, J. Kontschán, V. V. Pop, 02.11.2007 .

EXternalcharacters. 132 mmlongand 6 mmwide. Numberofsegments 134. Pigmentationreddishgrey. Prostomiumepilobous ½ closed. Firstdorsalporeattheintersegmentalfurrow 8/9. Setaedistantlystanding. Setalarrangementbehindclitellum: aa: ab: bc: cd: dd = 1.57:1.29:1.19:1:1.95. Maleporeshardlyseenonsegment 15. Nephridialporesjustabove setalline b. Clitellumonsegments 25–30. Tuberculapubertatisonsegments ½ 25–½ 29. Glandulartumescenceonsegments 10, 11, 26, 29, 30 ab.

Internalcharacters. Septa 6/7–7/8 and 11/12 slightlythickened, 8/9–10/11 thickened, 12/13–14/15 stronglythickened. Testesandfunnelspairedinsegments 10–11, coveredby perioesophagealtestissacinsegment 10–11. Fourpairsofseminalvesiclesin 9–12. Two pairsofspermathecaein 9/10,10/11 witheXternalopeningsinsetalline d. Calciferous glandswithwell-developeddiverticulainsegment 11. Pairedheartsappearinsegments 7–11. withapairofsmalleXtraoesophagealvesselsin 12. Nephridialbladdersbiscuit- shaped. Cropinsegments 15–16, andgizzardinsegments 17–18. Typhlosolisunilobous. Thecross- sectionofthelongitudinalmusclelayerisofpinnatetype.

Remarks. Wehaveonlyonespecimenfromthisenigmaticspecies. Pheneti- callyitlooksbelongingtothe Fitzingeriaplatyura group, however, ithasmalepores onsegment 15. Accordingtothepositionoftheclitellarorgansitcanbelongtothe D. byblica compleX, howeveritismuchlargerthananyspeciesinthisgroupand furthermoreithaswelldevelopedcalciferousglandsin 11 andstronglythickened septa in 12/13–14/15. Both characters are typical for F. platyura .

Apartfromthemalepores’ positionthemaindifferencesbetween Dendrobaena sp. and the three subspecies of F. platyura are summarized in Table 2.