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New Acanthodrilid Species from Madagascar (Clitellata, Acanthodrilidae) Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 65(3), pp. 215–233, 2019 DOI: 10.17109/AZH.65.3.215.2019 NEW ACANTHODRILID SPECIES FROM MADAGASCAR (CLITELLATA, ACANTHODRILIDAE) Yong Hong1, Malalatiana Razafindrakoto2, Eric Blanchart3 Tímea Szederjesi4 Csaba Csuzdi5 1Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea; E-mail: [email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1932-4983 2Laboratory of Radio-Isotopes, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar E-mail: [email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4596-4319 3IRD, UMR Eco&Sols, Laboratoire des RadioIsotopes, Université of Antananarivo, BP 3383, 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar; E-mail: [email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5258-5069 4Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary E-mail: [email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7695-1468 5Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly University, Eger, Hungary E-mail: [email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0319-7836 D p M v A sensu lato p w . T wy q xp vy xy y , v v p. T p p My v p; Acan- thodrilus hesperus, Eodriloides metandricus, Howascolex proprioporus, Howascolex vohimanus Vazimbascolex alaotranus pp. . Vazimbascolex . p w . T v Acanthodrilus majungianus M, 1897 A. voeltzkowi M, 1897 y S A Eodriloides Z, 1998; Eodrilus dauphinianus M, 1910 Microscolex (Notiodrilus) hyalochaeta M, 1907 Howascolex M, 1901. Kyw: My , w, O, Opp, C, x- y y. INTRODUCTION M w ca 600,000 2 y p w’ 25 vy p E (MѦres et al. 2000). Iy, w M py w y p pp w p p (Michaelsen 1897, 1907, Cognetti 1906) w p (F-M) y F F R Bv- y w 2008. I w p v p v £ v p , - w p y Ky - v p y 22 (Csuzdi et al. 2012, 2017, Razafind- rakoto et al. 2011, 2017). Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest 216 HONG, Y., RAZAFINDRAKOTO, M., BLANCHART, E., SZEDERJESI, T. & CSUZDI, CS. Ap y (Gordiodrilus madagascariensis M, 1901) v p (Acanthodrilus majungianus M- , 1897; Acanthodrilus voeltzkowi M, 1897; Howascolex madagas- cariensis M, 1901; Microscolex (Notiodrilus) hyalochaeta M, 1907 Eodrilus dauphinianus M, 1910) v pvy , pp (Csuzdi et al. 2016) w p w p; Howascolex farafangana C£, R£ H, 2016. T xy My Howascolex (Julka 1988, Csuzdi et al. 2016) wv, pp w p (majungianus, voeltzkowi, dauphinianus hyalochaeta) . T p w p 8, 9, p 17, 19, y £- £ 5 ? x v p y. T x Acanthodrilus w y v- p w y Nw C (Jamieson & Bennett 1979, Csuzdi et al. 2017b). Pickford (1937) x- p y majungianus voeltzkowi p A Eodrilus M, 1907 w pv yy A Diplotrema Sp, 1900 (Jamieson 1971, Jamieson & DѦne 1976, DѦne & Jamieson 2004) Fragoso & Rojas (2016, 2018) p -- - p C S A w. O v p S A Diplotrema- p Zicsi (1998) p wy - Eodriloides. T S A p A Diplotrema p- p. Tw My p (majungianus voeltzkowi) py Eodriloides - v w Diplotrema p w w p A Eodriloides. Microscolex (Notiodrilus) hyalochaeta w p. I ’ p v M - “ö üw” ( ) p 14. Michaelsen (1907) pp p- w v p. I V Rv w v p w - v p, ( p) 15 w p p y v p. T p y - hyalochaeta y Howascolex, w Microscolex (Notiodrilus) hyalochaeta M, 1907 Howascolex. Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 65, 2019 NEW ACANTHODRILID SPECIES FROM MADAGASCAR (CLITELLATA) 217 Eodrilus dauphinianus M, 1910 w p F Dp (w T, S. M). I p y “p” p p w - vp v 16 w yp Howascolex . A p q p; v py p p w . T py w Howascolex madagascariensis A 50 w T. A p y v (Csuzdi et al. 2016) p p w Howascolex w pp Eo. dauphinianus Howascolex w. E p M w 2008–2017 x p w w v p w p w w . MATERIAL AND METHODS Ew w py y y (RaѤ 1959) pp w -. T w 75% x 4% y . F p-p p w v 96% DNA . T p H N Hy M- (HNHM), Z M Uvy Av (ZMUA) N I B R (NIBR). TAXONOMY A C, 1990 Eodriloides majungianus (M, 1897) comb. n. Acanthodrilus majungianus M, 1897: 218. Notiodrilus majungianus: M 1900: 136. Eodrilus majungianus: M 1907: 141, P 1937: 587. M x. – HNHMAF/5688 1 x. A, A D, M, 16°19’27.91”S, 46°49’52.90”E, 83 ..., x , . L. 04.03.2017, Y H & M R£ (MD19). D – C 13–18, p p 17, 19 w - v b. Sp v w w v pp (F. 1). T p Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 65, 2019 218 HONG, Y., RAZAFINDRAKOTO, M., BLANCHART, E., SZEDERJESI, T. & CSUZDI, CS. 2 1 Figs 1–2. Eodriloides majungianus (M, 1897): 1 = p, 2 = p y p, 0.57 0.013 w, w (F. 2) R – O p w p Mi- chaelsen (1897). T y w 13–17 y M, y vp y. Eodriloides metandricus C£, R£ H p. (F 3–6) M x ƺ Hyp: HNHM AF/5689 , T, Mvy D, M, 16°10’55.99”S, 46°39’44.95”E, 48 ... x , . 03.03.2017, L. Y H & M R£. Pyp: HNHM AF/5690 3 + 13 x., HNHM AF/5691 2 + 9 x. Ly Hyp. Eyy ƺ T p p p- p. D ƺ L 86–96 , 3–3.5 . C p, p- . F p 7/8. C -p 13–19. f 14 p, p b. P p 17, 19. Sp p 7/8, 8/9, p w v p, qy p v . G££ 5, p 13. C , v p 9–12. Exy y v. Fy , v 12. P p, 1 , 0.035 . Tp y , v . Dp ƺ L yp 95 , w (p) 3.5 . S N. 180, 15 . Pyp 86–96 3 - , N. 188–192. C y, p . P y p, p 7/8. S p, w y - Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 65, 2019 NEW ACANTHODRILID SPECIES FROM MADAGASCAR (CLITELLATA) 219 3 4 5 6 Figs 3–6. Eodriloides metandricus p. .: 3 = ; a, b, c, d p . 4 = v vw -y; Fp = p, Pp = pp, Pp = p p, S = p p. 5 = p ; A = p , B = . 6 = p Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 65, 2019 220 HONG, Y., RAZAFINDRAKOTO, M., BLANCHART, E., SZEDERJESI, T. & CSUZDI, CS. S v 2, p y p w. S aa:ab:bc:cd:dd = 6.5:1.25:5.5:1:35 (F. 3). S 17, 19 - p , . Sp p p p w 7/8, 8/9 b. C -p 13–19. F p 14, p y b. Tw p p p 17 19 b, y v, b. M p , xy v 18, w v. G - p -v, pp 7, 13, 14 p 16 v (F. 4). F p v 5/6, p 6/7–11/12 . O p ££ 5. D v , p 13. Exy y , v- . C p 9–12 y v. I 16, yp . M. O p 11, p y p v, 10. S v p 12. O p £ v 13. Tw p p £ 17 19, w w . P , . 1 0.035 . T p y , v (F. 5). Tw p p 8 9. Ap y , v, p. A p - , v v p p (F. 6). R ƺ T w p Eodriloides voeltzkowi (M, 1907) . v. (96 vs. 120 ), pp (v 12 vs. 9, 12) p p (vs. 8 9). Howascolex proprioporus C£, R£ H p. (F 7–10) M x ƺ Hyp: HNHM AF/5692 , T, Mvy D, M, 16°10’55.99”S, 46°39’44.95”E, 48 ..., x , . 03.03.2017, L. Y H & M R£. Pyp: HNHM AF/5693 6 x., HNHM AF/5694 1 x. Ly Hyp. HNHM AF/5696 4 x., A£, Mvy D, M- , 16°06’35.73”S, 46°46’58.13”E, 48 ..., x , . 03.03.2017, L. Y H & M R£. HNHM AF/5697 2 x., A- , A D, M, 16°19’27.91”S, 46°49’52.90”E, 83 ..., x , . 04.03.2017, L. Y H & M R£. Eyy ƺ T p p y p p. D ƺ L 55–77 , 3–4.5 . C p, p- . F p 12/13. C 13–18. f 14 y p v. P p y p 17, 19. Sp- p y p, v pp 8, 9. Sp w v p, v . G££ 5?, p Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 65, 2019 NEW ACANTHODRILID SPECIES FROM MADAGASCAR (CLITELLATA) 221 13. C , x 15. Exy y w v p. Fy , v 12. P p, 0.7 , 0.02 . Tp p, - y , . Dp ƺ L yp 77 , w (p) 4.5 . S N. 191. Pyp 55–68 3–4 , N. 159–184. 7 8 B A 9 10 Figs 7–10. Howascolex proprioporus p. .: 7 = ; a, b, c, d p . 8 = v vw -y; Fp = p, Pp = pp, Pp = p- p, S = p p. 9 = p ; A = w , B = p . 10 = p Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 65, 2019 222 HONG, Y., RAZAFINDRAKOTO, M., BLANCHART, E., SZEDERJESI, T. & CSUZDI, CS. C y, p . P £, p 12/13. S y , xp. S v 2, p y p w. S aa:ab:bc:cd:dd = 3.1:1:2.8:1.8:25 (F. 7). S 17, 19 p . G . Sp p , y p v pp 8 9. C 13–18. F p y p, v 14. Tw p p p 17 19 v a, y -q p v, w a–a. M p , xy v 18, w v. P p 17, 18, 19 (F. 8). F p v 8/9, p 9/10–12/13 y . O p ££ p (py 5).
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