Pheretima (Pheretima) Kinberg, 1867

Aspe, Nonillon M. & James, Samuel W., 2014, New species of Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from the Mt. Malindang Range, Mindanao Island, Philippines, Zootaxa 3881 (5), pp. 401-439 : 406

Pheretima (Pheretima) Kinberg, 1867

Type species. Pheretima montana Kinberg, 1867

Diagnosis. Body circular in cross section, with numerous setae regularly arranged equatorially around each segment; setae absent on first and last segments. Male pores paired within copulatory bursae opening on segment xviii; one or more pairs of spermathecal pores in intersegmental furrows between 4/5 and 8/9. Clitellum annular, covering three segments (xiv to xvi). Single female pore midventrally on xiv. Genital markings usually absent. Internally, esophageal gizzard usually originating in viii; a pair of caeca originating in xxvii, extending forward; septa in 4/5–7/8, 10/11–12/13, thickened or slightly thickened, lacking in 8/9 or 9/ 10 in some species. Ovaries and funnels free in xiii. Male sexual system holandric, with paired testes and funnels enclosed in sacs in x and xi, and seminal vesicles in xi and xii. Spermathecae a single pair, multiple pairs, or sometimes single and located midventrally. Nephridia on spermathecal duct present. One pair of prostate glands, racemose. Copulatory bursae present; secretory diverticula on coelomic surface of copulatory bursae lacking.