Megascolex Templeton, 1844 (Clitellata, Megascolecidae): description of a new species from the northern Eastern Ghats, India with taxonomic key to the Indian species
The earthworm fauna of the Eastern Ghats Hills in Peninsular India is still under explored. Here a new species, namely, Megascolex jamiesoni Narayanan & Paliwal, sp. nov. is described based on the specimens collected from the Eastern Ghats hills of Koraput district of Odisha state, India. It be...
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| author | Sasankan Prasanth Narayanan Ayusmta Naik Anirban Mahata Sharat Kumar Palita Ambattu Paili Thomas Rahul Paliwal |
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| description | The earthworm fauna of the Eastern Ghats Hills in Peninsular India is still under explored. Here a new species, namely, Megascolex jamiesoni Narayanan & Paliwal, sp. nov. is described based on the specimens collected from the Eastern
Ghats hills of Koraput district of Odisha state, India. It belongs to the ratus-species group. Members of this group are characterized by the following features: spermathecal pores in intersegmental furrows 7/8/9, penial setae absent, holandric, calciferous glands absent, and seminal vesicles in segments 9 and 12. Present work provides a detailed description of the new species along with the illustrations of the key characters. Apart from this, a key for the Indian Megascolex species is provided. With the new findings, the range of Megascolex genus has been extended to further north in the Eastern Ghats Hills. With the discovery of the new taxa, the total number of species in the Megascolex genus has increased to 71, of these, 35 are found in India. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1b63262ef9fb46919bcef57f170baab42025-08-20T01:58:04ZdeuEötvös Loránd UniversityOpuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis2063-15882024-12-015510912110.18348/opzool.2024.6.109Megascolex Templeton, 1844 (Clitellata, Megascolecidae): description of a new species from the northern Eastern Ghats, India with taxonomic key to the Indian speciesSasankan Prasanth Narayanan0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7765-9570Ayusmta Naik1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1621-026XAnirban Mahata2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7874-2723Sharat Kumar Palita3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2144-0406Ambattu Paili Thomas4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8815-2759Rahul Paliwal5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6531-7303Advanced Centre of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam – 686560, Kerala, IndiaDepartment of Biodiversity and Conservation of Natural Resources, Central University of Odisha, Koraput – 764021, Odisha, IndiaDepartment of Biodiversity and Conservation of Natural Resources, Central University of Odisha, Koraput – 764021, Odisha, IndiaDepartment of Biodiversity and Conservation of Natural Resources, Central University of Odisha, Koraput – 764021, Odisha, IndiaAdvanced Centre of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam – 686560, Kerala, IndiaHouse No 77/62, Mansarovar, Jaipur – 302020, Rajasthan, IndiaThe earthworm fauna of the Eastern Ghats Hills in Peninsular India is still under explored. Here a new species, namely, Megascolex jamiesoni Narayanan & Paliwal, sp. nov. is described based on the specimens collected from the Eastern Ghats hills of Koraput district of Odisha state, India. It belongs to the ratus-species group. Members of this group are characterized by the following features: spermathecal pores in intersegmental furrows 7/8/9, penial setae absent, holandric, calciferous glands absent, and seminal vesicles in segments 9 and 12. Present work provides a detailed description of the new species along with the illustrations of the key characters. Apart from this, a key for the Indian Megascolex species is provided. With the new findings, the range of Megascolex genus has been extended to further north in the Eastern Ghats Hills. With the discovery of the new taxa, the total number of species in the Megascolex genus has increased to 71, of these, 35 are found in India.https://opuscula.elte.hu/PDF/Tomus55/Op_Narayanan_Megascolex.pdfannelidaearthwormendemicodishaoligochaetataxonomy |
| spellingShingle | Sasankan Prasanth Narayanan Ayusmta Naik Anirban Mahata Sharat Kumar Palita Ambattu Paili Thomas Rahul Paliwal Megascolex Templeton, 1844 (Clitellata, Megascolecidae): description of a new species from the northern Eastern Ghats, India with taxonomic key to the Indian species Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis annelida earthworm endemic odisha oligochaeta taxonomy |
| title | Megascolex Templeton, 1844 (Clitellata, Megascolecidae): description of a new species from the northern Eastern Ghats, India with taxonomic key to the Indian species |
| title_full | Megascolex Templeton, 1844 (Clitellata, Megascolecidae): description of a new species from the northern Eastern Ghats, India with taxonomic key to the Indian species |
| title_fullStr | Megascolex Templeton, 1844 (Clitellata, Megascolecidae): description of a new species from the northern Eastern Ghats, India with taxonomic key to the Indian species |
| title_full_unstemmed | Megascolex Templeton, 1844 (Clitellata, Megascolecidae): description of a new species from the northern Eastern Ghats, India with taxonomic key to the Indian species |
| title_short | Megascolex Templeton, 1844 (Clitellata, Megascolecidae): description of a new species from the northern Eastern Ghats, India with taxonomic key to the Indian species |
| title_sort | megascolex templeton 1844 clitellata megascolecidae description of a new species from the northern eastern ghats india with taxonomic key to the indian species |
| topic | annelida earthworm endemic odisha oligochaeta taxonomy |
| url | https://opuscula.elte.hu/PDF/Tomus55/Op_Narayanan_Megascolex.pdf |
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