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Genus Diplotrema Spencer, 1900

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS) ; NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT) ; WA: Dampierland (DL)

Diagnosis

Setae 8 per segment. Prostates 2 pairs, tubular, their pores on XVII and XIX; rarely a single pair, on XVII. Male pores a single pair, on XVIII, occasionally in 17/18, or rarely, combined with the prostatic pores on XVII; exceptionally, with prostatic pores in XVII, and male pores at 17/18; Spermathecal pores 2 pairs, at 7/8 and 8/9, ventrolateral, or a single pair, at 8/9. Nephropores in a single series on each side, or, exceptionally, alternating regularly between cd and a point far dorsal of d. Gizzard usually well-developed, muscular, in V, or, rarely, in ?VI. Calciferous glands present or absent. Holonephric, avesiculate. Holandric or rarely, metandric. Testis-sacs absent. Penial setae invariably present; genital setae usually present, but sometimes lacking.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023 OLIGOCHAETA 06-Feb-2013 MODIFIED Dr Robin Wilson
15-Jul-2010 MODIFIED