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Issue: Vol. 4353 No. 1: 22 Nov. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-11-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.12
Page range: 187–194
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Four new earthworm species of Kazimierzus Plisko, 2006 (Clitellata, Kazimierzidae)

KwaZulu-Natal Museum, P. Bag 9070, Pietermaritzburg, 3200, South Africa School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Westville campus, Durban, 4001, South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal Museum, P. Bag 9070, Pietermaritzburg, 3200, South Africa School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Pietermaritzburg campus, 3209, South Africa
School of Biology & Environmental Sciences, University of Mpumalanga, Private Bag X11283, Mbombela, 1200, South Africa
School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Westville campus, Durban, 4001, South Africa
Annelida Afrotropical taxonomy Oligochaeta Western Cape Northern Cape South Africa new species

Abstract

Four new species of Kazimierzus are described from the Western Cape and Northern Cape, South Africa: K. kleinoodi sp. n., K. nietvoorbiji sp. n., K. nieuwoudtvillensis sp. n., and K. phumlani sp. n. Kazimierzus kleinoodi is distinguished from the other species of this genus by the position of the calciferous glands in 9 and paired spermathecae in five segments. The position of the spermathecae in 11/12–15/16 as well as the position of the calciferous glands in 11 separates K. nietvoorbiji from the other new species. Kazimierzus nieuwoudtvillensis is distinguished from the others by the position of the clitellum (12–25) and spermathecae in four rows. The combination of the position of the clitellum, three rows of spermathecae and the position of the calciferous glands in 10 distinguish K. phumlani from the other species.

 

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