Dendrobaena armeniaca ( Rosa, 1893 ) Szederjesi & Pop & Horváth & Krízsik & Csuzdi, 2025

Dendrobaena armeniaca ( Rosa, 1893) stat. nov.

Allolobophora alpina v. armeniaca Rosa, 1893:431 View in CoL .

Dendrobaena alpina alpina View in CoL : Zicsi, 1982: 424.

Dendrobaena alpina armeniaca View in CoL : Mršić 1991: 549.

Dendrobaena alpina armeniaca View in CoL : Omodeo & Rota 1989:193.

Dendrobaena alpina armeniaca View in CoL : Szederjesi et al. 2014:558.

Material examined. HNHM/17091 About HNHM 2 ex. Turkey, ŞavŞat, Artvin, SSE of the village, Abies forest mixed with deciduous trees, N41.23276° E42.37156°, 1311 m, 25.04.2015, leg. L. Dányi, M.B. Kaydan. GoogleMaps HNHM/17552 About HNHM 3 ex. Azerbaijan, Qax district, Lǝkit , large stream and its littoral, 530 m, N41.48803° E46.85581°, 07.05.2019, leg. D. Murányi. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. Length 40–60 mm, diameter 2–3 mm, setae widely paired. Colour slight reddish. First dorsal pore in 5/6. Clitellum on ½ 27, 28–33, ½ 34 tubercles on 30–32. Male pore moderate on 15. Nephridial pores irregularly alternate between b and above d. Three pairs of seminal vesicles in 9, 11, 12, those in 9 usually smaller than the others; spermathecae two pairs in 9/10–10/11 open between d <M. Calciferous diverticula in 11–12. Hearts in segments 6–10, nephridial bladders sausage-shaped ( Table 3 View TABLE 3 ).

Remarks. Dendrobaena armeniaca is most close to D. orientaloides , but differs from it by its shorter clitellum and the opening of the spermathecae (between d <M vs. d)