Righiodrilus
Creators: name: Santos, Bianca Tamires Silva Dos
name: Bartz, Marie Luise Caroline
name: Hernández-García, Luis Manuel
name: Rousseau, Guillaume Xavier
name: Martins, Marlucia Bonifácio
name: James, Samuel Wooster
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Haplotaxida
Glossoscolecidae
Righiodrilus

description: Key to species of Righiodrilus (updated and modified from Feijoo & Gil 2010)
1. Spermathecae absent................................................................................. 2
- Spermathecae present................................................................................. 3
2. Male pores in xvii........................................................... R. muinane Feijoo & Gil, 2010
- Male pores with tubercula pubertatis in anterior region of xvii or middle ½ 16 – ½ 17.......... R. venancioi (Righi, 1982)
3. One pair of spermathecae.............................................................................. 4
- More than one pair of spermathecae..................................................................... 5
4. Spermathecae in viii–xix............................................................ R. dithecae (Righi, 1988)
- Spermathecae in xix–x..................................................... R. guahibo (Righi & Molina, 1994)
5. Four or six pairs of spermathecae....................................................................... 6
- Two or three pairs of spermathecae...................................................................... 7
6. Six pairs of spermathecae in ix–xi, 2 pairs per segment; clitellum in xvi–xxi; male pores in xvii/xviii................................................................................ R. sucunduris (Righi, Ayres & Bittencourt, 1976)
- Four pairs of spermathecae, in xiv–xvii; clitellum in xvi–xxiii; male pores in xviii/xix.................. R. gurupi n. sp.
7. Two pairs of spermathecae............................................................................. 8
- Three pairs of spermathecae............................................................................ 9
8. Spermathecae in 7/8 and 8/9.......................................................................... 10
- Not as above........................................................................................ 11
9. Spermathecae in 7/8, 8/9, 9/10......................................................................... 24
- Spermathecae in vi, vii and viii........................................................... R. viseuensis n. sp.
10. Clitellum in xv–xxi.................................................................................. 12
- Clitellum in another position.......................................................................... 13
11. Spermathecae in 9/10 and 10/11 ............................................ R. amazonius (Zicsi & Csuzdi, 1999)
- Spermathecae in another position.......................................................................16
12. Tubercula pubertatis in 1/2 xix–1/2 xx. Male pores in 19/20................................... R. uete (Righi, 1988)
- Tubercula pubertatis in xvii–xix. Male pores in 17/18....................................... R. cigges (Righi, 1970)
13. Male pores in 20/21................................................................................. 14
- Not as above........................................................................................15
14. Clitellum in xvii–xxiii; tubercula pubertatis in xix–xxiii.................................... R. freitasi (Righi, 1971)
- Clitellum in xvi–xiv; tubercula pubertatis in 1/2 xix–xxii.................................... R. aioca (Righi, 1975)
15. Male pores in 1/2 xix; clitellum in xvi–xxii; tubercula pubertatis in 1/2 xix–1/2 xxi................. R. tico (Righi, 1982)
- Male pores in xvii; clitellum in 1/2 xv–1/2 xxiii; tubercula pubertatis in xvii – xx........... R. andake Feijoo & Gil, 2010
16. Spermathecae in 8/9and 9/10 ......................................................................... 17
- Spermathecae in ix and x............................................................................. 18
17. Clitellum in xv–xxi...................................................................................19
- Clitellum in 1/2 xvi–1/2 xxii or xvi–xxii............................................... R. arapaco (Righi, 1982)
18. Male pores microscopic............................................................ R. oliveirae (Righi, 1982)
- Male pores not microscopic........................................................................... 21
19. Male pores in xvii....................................................................................20
- Male pores in 19/20............................................................... R. mairaro (Righi, 1982)
20. Tubercula pubertatis in xviii–xix..................................................... R. paolettii (Righi, 1984)
- Tubercula pubertatis in 1/2 xvi–1/2 xix.......................................... R. lebrijae Celis & Rangel, 2015
21. Clitellum in xv–xxii; tubercula pubertatis present.......................................................... 22
- Clitellum in xvi–xxiii; tubercula pubertatis absent................................................ R. moju n. sp
22. Male pores in xvi/xvii; tubercula pubertatis in 1/2 xvi–1/2 xviii............................................... 23
- Male pores in 17/18; tubercula pubertatis in 1/2 xvii–xx................................... R. ortonae (Righi, 1988)
23. Spermathecae in line with setae b....................................................... R. itajo (Righi, 1971)
- Spermathecae in line with setae d............................................... R. fontebonensis (Righi, 1988)
24. Male pores in xviii.................................................................................. 25
- Not as above....................................................................................... 26
25. Clitellum in xv–xxii; tubercula pubertatis in 1/2 xvii–1/2 xx.................................................. 27
- Clitellum and tubercula pubertatis in another position...................................................... 28
26. Clitellum in xv–xxi; tubercula pubertatis in 1/2 xvi–1/2 xix.................................................. 29
- Clitellum in xiv–1/2 xxii; tubercula pubertatis in 1/2 xvii–1/2 xx........................... R. inga Feijoo & Gil, 2010
27. Papillae pubertatis absent in xxi; tubercula as grooves with dark color in xviii, xix–xx... R. tocantinensis pola (Righi, 1984)
- Papillae pubertatis present in genital field 1/2 xvii–1/2 xx; papilla midventral in xxi.................................................................................................. R. tocantinensis tocantinensis (Righi, 1972)
28. Clitellum in 1/2 xiii–xxii; tubercula pubertatis in xvii–xx................................. R. marcusae (Righi, 1969)
- Clitellum in xv–xxiv; tubercula pubertatis in xvii–xxiii............................. R. schubarti (Righi et al., 1978)
29. Male pores in 16/17.............................................................. R. mucupois (Righi, 1970)
- Male pores in 17/18................................................................. R. tingus (Righi, 1971)
description: Published as part of Santos, Bianca Tamires Silva Dos, Bartz, Marie Luise Caroline, Hernández-García, Luis Manuel, Rousseau, Guillaume Xavier, Martins, Marlucia Bonifácio & James, Samuel Wooster, 2017, New earthworm species of Righiodrilus (Clitellata, Glossoscolecidae) from eastern Amazonia, pp. 392-400 in Zootaxa 4242 (2) on pages 399-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4242.2.11, http://zenodo.org/record/376471