Amynthas suctoria ( Michaelsen, 1907 )

Bantaowong, Ueangfa, Somniyam, Pattana, Sutcharit, Chirasak, James, Samuel W & Panha, Somsak, 2014, Four new species of the earthworm genus Amynthas Kinberg, 1867, with redescription of the type species (Clitellata: Megascolecidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62, pp. 655-670 : 667

Amynthas suctoria ( Michaelsen, 1907)

( Fig. 10 ; Table 2)

Pheretima suctoria Michaelsen, 1907: 165 , fig. 12. Type locality: Andaman Islands. Stephenson, 1922: 434, fig. 1; 1923: 311, fig. 123.

Amynthas suctoria: Sims & Easton, 1972: 235 .

Material examined. Syntype from ZMH ( V 7168 . Fig. 10 ): Three adults and one sub-adult in 70% ethanol deposited at Biozentrum Grindel Zoologisches Museum, University of Hamburg, Germany .

Remarks. Amynthas suctoria differs from A. phucheefah , new species, and A. thakhantho , new species, by lacking genital markings at male pores area, but having a large pair of sessile genital marking glands ( Table 2).

Figures

Fig. 10. External and internal morphology of the syntype (ZMH 7168) of Amynthas suctoria: A, external ventral view, B, internal dorsal view and C spermathecae, dark arrow indicates the connection of the spermathecae and spermathecal pore.