Neogaster Cernosvitov, 1934

Decaëns, Thibaud, Bartz, Marie Luise Carolina, Bartz, arolina, Feijoo-Martínez, Alexander, Goulpeau, Arnaud, Lapied, Emmanuel, Marchán, Daniel F., Maggia, Marie-Eugénie, Papuga, Guillaume & James, Samuel W., 2024, Earthworms (Oligochaeta, Clitellata) of the Mitaraka range (French Guiana): commented checklist with description of one genus and eighteen species new to science, Zoosystema 46 (9), pp. 196-244 : 225

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2024v46a9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12537403
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scientific name	Neogaster Cernosvitov, 1934
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Genus Neogaster Cernosvitov, 1934 View in CoL

Neogaster Cernosvitov, 1934: 51 View in CoL . — Righi & Caballero 1970: 94. — Righi 1988: 351.

TYPE SPECIES. — Neogaster americanus Cernosvitov, 1934 .

DIAGNOSIS. — Setae arranged in eight regular longitudinal lines. Clitellum extending from segments XIII to XX. Weak gizzard in VI. Excretory system meronephric. Two pairs of calciferous glands in XIV-XV, of lamellar type and opening in the esophagus through a common duct. Genital apparatus acanthodriline. Spermathecae in pre-testicular segments, paired and without diverticula ( Cernosvitov 1934; Csuzdi 2010).

DISTRIBUTION. — Neogaster comprises four Neotropical species (not including the new species described here), all known from the state of Amapá in Brazil ( Cernosvitov 1934; Righi & Caballero 1970; Righi 1988; Brown et al. 2023).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Annelida
Class	Clitellata
SubClass	Oligochaeta
Order	Crassiclitellata
Family	Octochaetidae