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Issue: Vol. 3458 No. 1: 7 Sep. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-09-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3458.1.6
Page range: 120–132
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new species of semi-aquatic freshwater earthworms of the genus Glyphidrilus Horst, 1889 from Malaysia (Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae)

1Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand Biological Science Program, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
School of Biological Science, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Pulau Penang, Malaysia
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Annelida Taxonomy morphology wing organ Malay Peninsula

Abstract

Three new species of semi-aquatic freshwater earthworms of the genus Glyphidrilus Horst, 1889 are described from Malaysia.Glyphidrilus bisegmentus sp. n. was collected from Air Banun Pandig, Perak, Glyphidrilus kotatinggi sp. n. from Kota Tinggiwaterfall, Johor, and Glyphidrilus peninsularis sp. n. from Sungei Bantang, Johor. For comparison, type and non-type materialof five morphologically similar species was reinvestigated. The descriptions of the new species include illustrations of the external and internal morphological characteristics.

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