Hoplochaetella Michaelsen 1900
Creators: name: Ahmed, Shakoor
name: Julka, Jatinder Mohan
name: Banerjee, Dhriti
name: Marimuthu, Nithyanandam
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Crassiclitellata
Octochaetidae
Hoplochaetella

description: An identification key to earthworm species of the genus Hoplochaetella (Modified from Julka, 1988)
1 One pair of combined male and prostatic pore in segment 17.................................................. 2
- Two pairs of combined male and prostatic pores in 17 or 17/18 and 19 or 18/19................................... 3
2 Two pairs of spermathecal pores on segment 8. Last pair of hearts in segment 12......................... H. kinneari
- Only one pair of spermathecal pores on segment 7. Last pair of hearts in 13........................ H. darwini sp. nov.
3 Two pairs of spermathecal pores on segment 8.............................................................. 4
- Two pairs of spermathecal pores on segments 7 and 8 or 8 and 9 or 8 and 10..................................... 14
4 Last pair of hearts in segment 12................................................................... H. righii
- Last pair of hearts in segment 13......................................................................... 5
5 Genital markings and their associated glands absent................................................ H. inornata
- Genital markings and their associated glands present......................................................... 6
6 Genital markings with central apertures, internally with tubular and sausage-shaped glands.......................... 7
- Genital markings without central apertures, internally with sessile glands....................................... 10
7 Genital markings unpaired and median.................................................................... 8
- Genital markings paired............................................................................... 9
8 Genital markings on segment 19................................................ H. khandalaensis khandalaensis
- Genital markings on segments 16 and 19.......................................... H khandalaensis dichordarius
9 Genital markings intersegmental, on 16/17, 19/20-20/21.............................................. H. powelli
- Genital markings segmental, on segments 13-15.............................................. H. panchganiensis
10 Genital markings in part paired. Spermathecal diverticula in a complete circle............................. H. suctoria
- Genital markings unpaired. Spermathecal diverticula in two groups or an incomplete circle around duct............... 11
11 Genital markings median.............................................................................. 12
- Genital markings with centres on or close to male pore lines.................................................. 13
12 Genital markings on segments 17 and 19........................................................... H. affinis
- Genital markings on 16/17 and 20............................................................... H. bifoveata
13 Genital markings presetal on 17 or 16/17 (right side), presetal on 20 or 19/20 (left side). Copulatory setae on segment 9 present...................................................................................... H. kempi
- Genital markings on right side of 18-19, sometimes 17. Copulatory setae on segment 9 absent.......... H. kurmagarensis
14 Spermathecal pores on segments 8 and 9................................................................. 15
- Spermathecal pores not so located...................................................................... 19
15 Last pair of hearts in segment 13................................................................. H. mullani
- Last pair of hearts in segment 12........................................................................ 16
16 Copulatory setae on segment 8 absent........................................................ H. karnatakensis
- Copulatory setae on segment 8 present................................................................... 17
17. Copulatory setal glands in paired coelomic sac in segments 8 and 9.................................... H. anomala
- Copulatory setal glands free in segments 8 and 9........................................................... 18
18 Septa 6/7 present, penial setae unornamented................................................ H. sanvordemensis
- Septa 6/7 absent, penial setae ornamented......................................................... H. lavellei
19 Spermathecal pores on segments 7 and 8, last pair of hearts in 13........................................ H. stuarti
- Spermathecal pores on segments 8 and 10, last pair of hearts in 12..................................... H. londensis
description: Published as part of Ahmed, Shakoor, Julka, Jatinder Mohan, Banerjee, Dhriti & Marimuthu, Nithyanandam, 2023, A new species of the genus Hoplochaetella Michaelsen 1900 (Clitellata: Octochaetidae) from the Deccan Peninsula Biogeographic Zone, India, pp. 173-185 in Zootaxa 5346 (2) on page 183, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/8354659