DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15154742
title: TABLE 1 in On three new species of the earthworm genus Drawida Michaelsen, 1900 (Clitellata: Moniligastridae) from south-western India

description: TABLE 1. Comparison of characters of Drawida jatinderi Narayanan sp. nov. with related species of the travancorensis group.
Character/DistributionD. travancorensis Michaelsen,D. thurstoni Gates, 19457,8,9D. jatinderi Narayanan sp. nov.1910 1,2,3,4,5,6,7#Length (mm)38–140185–22083–131Diameter (mm)2–47–84–5Segments108–186166–187157–220Male pores inNarrow transversely elongatedIn transverse slitsOn the tip of eversible shortor comma-like slitstransversely flat penis or concealedin apertureSpermathecal atriumConfined to segment 7;In segment 7 or also visible inConfined to segment 7; sac-like withsimple, erect, slender club-segment 8; rather irregularlymuscular sheen, lightly flattenedshaped or has the shape ofovoidal, longitudinally placed,dorsoventrally, bend towardsan inverted flask, ectal endwithin the parietes; duct passingposterior side; duct entering in itsas wide as the rounded body;into dorsal face of atrium at orectal end, at median sideduct entering at its ectal endnear posterior margin but traceableanteriorly to centreTestis sacsIn segments 9 and 10, notLarge, in pockets of 9/10 thatIn segments 9 and 10constricted by septumextend backwards through theperi-oesophagealannulus of segment 11ProstatesGlandular, erect or slightlyGlandular, mushroom-shaped,Glandular, ovoid, erect or bend at itsbend at ental broad end,stalked and erect, laterallyjunction with prostatic duct; capsulelarge pear-shaped; capsulecompressed, glandular liningsmooth, elongately club-shaped;smooth, thickly club-shaped;restricted to ental end; capsuleental end of the duct short, thin, ectalduct enters into a cup-shapedvertical ovoidend dome-shaped sessile on parietesdepression in body wallOpening of vasA little below its ental end (atAnterior face of prostate at ectalIn middle glandular portion ofdeferens into prostateabout its middle)margin of glandular investmentprostate at its median sideCharacter/DistributionD. travancorensis Michaelsen, D. thurstoni Gates, 19457,8,9D. jatinderi Narayanan sp. nov.1910 1,2,3,4,5,6,7#No. of gizzards2 (in segments 13–14), first5 (in 14–22)1–3 (in segments 13–15), anterior(segment location) Distributionrather smaller Kerala, Karnataka and GoaTamil Nadu and Kerala Statesone smaller Keralastates
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Data from: 1 Michaelsen (1910); 2 Stephenson (1923); 3 Aiyer (1929); 4 Anuja et al. (2023); 5 Dr. J.M. Julka, in litt. (as part of his studies on the types (syntypes) of D. travancorensis, Reg. no. ZSIC 3494, in ‘National Zoological Collection’ at Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata); 6 SPN unpublished personal observations; 7 Narayanan et al. (2023a); 8 Gates (1945); 9 Narayanan et al. (2017); # D. travancorensis dimension provided in Stephenson (1923) is based on the original description of Michaelsen (1910), but by mistake length is given as 185 mm instead of 85 mm.
description: Published as part of Narayanan, S. Prasanth, Jose, Divya, Kurien, Vijo Thomas & Thomas, A. P., 2024, On three new species of the earthworm genus Drawida Michaelsen, 1900 (Clitellata: Moniligastridae) from south-western India, pp. 567-568 in Zootaxa 5541 (4) on page 567, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5541.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/14241310