Trichodrilus sp. 1

Dole-Olivier, Marie-José, Galassi, Diana M. P., Fiers, Frank, Malard, Florian, Martin, Patrick, Martin, Dominique & Marmonier, Pierre, 2015, Biodiversity in mountain groundwater: the Mercantour National Park (France) as a European hotspot, Zoosystema 37 (4), pp. 529-550 : 536

Trichodrilus sp. 1

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Site 14: 1 sexually mature specimen, slide 11.251.03b (first 14 segments). Material deposited at IRScNB, I.G. 32392.

REMARKS

This specimen probably belongs to a new species, as argued in Martin et al. (2015). It is characterized by tubular to quadrangular atria with short proximal ducts, and two pairs of spermathecae in XI and XII. Among Trichodrilus species with such features, T. leruthi Hrabě, 1939 , T. intermedius (Fauvel, 1903) and T. tacensis Hrabě, 1963 are probably the closest species to this specimen; however, their atria are slender and do not have a duct. More material is needed to formalize the taxonomic status of the present specimen (see Martin et al. 2015).