A New Species of Geogenia Kinberg, 1867 from the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Oligochaeta, Microchaetidae)
2015
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Examining recently collected earthworms from a sugarcane farm in Port Shepstone, South Africa resulted in the discovery of a new species, Geogenia minnehaha sp. n. This species is similar to G. tuberosus (Plisko, 1998) but differs from it by the extended clitellum, the size and position of papillae, and the number and shape of spermathecae. The presence of an indigenous species in a sugarcane field is a new finding in South Africa, where little is known on earthworm communities in agricultural soils.
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书目信息
African invertebrates
卷
56
期
3
页码
549
- 553
ISSN
2305-2562
出版者
Natal Museum
其它主题
No-till agriculture; Sugarcane fields; Geogenia; Afrotropical region; Spermatheca
语言
英语
类型
Journal Article; Text
2024-02-28
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