Kanchuria turaensis Julka, 1988

Kharkongor, Ilona J., 2018, Taxonomic and ecological studies on the earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta) of West Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (1), pp. 56-56 : 56-

21. Kanchuria turaensis Julka, 1988

1988. Kanchuria turaensis Julka, Res. Bull. (Sci.) Panjab Univ. , 39 (1-2): 89.

Material examined: 4 ex. Regn. No. IV /ANN/NERC-62. India, Meghalaya, WKH District, Umjaroo , N25 o 35’25.0”; E91 o 10’38.8”; Alt. 1189 m, 23.vi.2010, I.J.Kharkongor and party .

Diagnosis: Length 273-335 mm. Segments 279-485. Prolobic. Lumbricine. Dorsal pores from 11/12. Spermathecal pores three pairs, minute, on anterior margins of 7, 8 and 9.clitellum 13-17 or 14-17. Genital marking paired, oval on 18/19. Male field with slightly depressed, central flattened area, and paired obliquely placed lateral depressions on 18. Male pores at anterior ends of seminal grooves. Seminal grooves paired, with posterior ends divergent, turning inwards before terminating in the central apertures of genital markings. Female pore minute, single and median in 14.

Intestines from 15. Seminal vesicles in 12. Prostates in 18-19, 22.

Distribution: INDIA: Meghalaya (WGHD, WKHD).

Remarks: This endemic species has been recorded from WGHD. It is herein recorded from WKHD. This endogeic- polyhumic species, occupies the surface to root zone layer of the soil and feeds on the organic matter available in its habitat.