Genus Propheretima Jamieson, 1995

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• Propheretima Jamieson, B.G.M. 1995. New species and a new genus of earthworms in the collections of the Queensland Museum (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 575-596 [589].

  Type species:

   Propheritima eungella Jamieson, 1995 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Diagnosis

Perichaetin; setae numerous per segment; a few to several present between the male pores. Combined male and prostatic pores a single pair, on XVIII. Female pore single, midventral (or sometimes paired but very close together). Clitellum XIV-XVI, or sometimes also part of XIII or XVII. Gizzard in V. Calciferous glands present or absent. Intestinal caeca absent. Nephridia meronephric throughout, intrasegmental nephrostomes typically present in the intestinal region; pharyngeal tufts present. Testes in X and XI. Testis-sacs absent, prostates tubuloracemose or racemose. Spermathecae 2 pairs.

Diagnosis References

Jamieson, B.G.M. 2000. Native Earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae, Megascolecinae). Enfield, New Hampshire, USA : Science Publishers, Inc. [CD ROM] 2506 pp. [Date published 12 December 2000] [1008]

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