Kynotus friderici Michaelsen, 1931

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Kynotus friderici Michaelsen, 1931 , stat. n. Figs 1, 2 Kynotus longus var. friderici Michaelsen, 1931: 532 . Diagnosis: Length alive ca 1000 mm, diameter 10–15 mm, preserved length 550mm diameter 15 mm ( Fig. 1). Colour dark nut-brown on dorsum, paler on ventrum. Segments 1–3 simple, 4–13 double ringed. Setae ab and cd appear form segment 17. Male pore on 16. Clitellum well developed, circular on ½21–½40. Setae closely paired, both ab and cd lateral. Spermathecae intramuscular, around ab, 4–8 on each side in 14/15, 15/16. Genital setal glands in 13, 14, 15. Genital setae 4.5 mm long, diameter 0.075mm, tip claw-shaped with a subterminal nodulus. Ornamentation small serrations on the tip, transversally arranged long hairs around the nodulus ( Fig. 2).

Material examined: MADAGASCAR: near of the Amber Hill national park, along the road near Joffre- YLOOH LQ $QWVLUDQDQD (l2°28‵46.ƽ̎6:49°l2‵47.8̎(), 8.LL.2Ɵll, 0. 5D]D¿QGUDNRWR & (. %ODQFKDUW (+1+0 AF/5538 1 ex., ZMUA-069 1 ex.).

Habitat: The vegetation in the locality is formed by mango plants and Tithonia diversifolia , the soil is covered by Thelepogon elegans mixed with Sida rhombifolia and Corchorus olitorius . 7KH GHDG PDQJR OHDYHV DUH KXPL ¿ HG RQ WKH VRLO DQG WKH UDLQ EULQJV some sandy soil and other organic materials.

Remarks: Kynotus longus var. friderici Michaelsen, 1931 was described possibly on a regenerated specimen (Michaelsen 1931: 533); this might be the reason for the much smaller length (330 mm) given. Michaelsen argued that friderici is very close to the typical form and there are differences only in the spermathecal system, which is entirely intraparietal in friderici but large and intracoelomic in longus . This is a difference with WD[ RQRPLF VLJQL ¿ FDQFH WKHUHIRUH K. longus var. friderici is hereby elevated to species rank.