Metaphire posthuma ( Vaillant, 1868 )

Metaphire posthuma ( Vaillant, 1868)

Material examined MNP17-1137-46A1, MNP17-1138- 46A2, MNP17-1139-46A3, Heingang, paddy field, close to Imphal River, Manipur, Lat/Lon: 24.8359, 93.95, elevation: 815.655 m, collected on 12th of October 2017, collected by Shweta Yadav; UP18-1275 - 4 A6, paddy field, village Aaripur, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, Lat / Lon : 25.6941, 83.6187, elevation: 53 m, collected on 14th of October 2017 GoogleMaps ; UP18- 1303 - 13 A1 , UP18-1304 - 13 A2 , UP18-1305 - 13 A3 , UP18- 1306 - 13 A4 , UP18-1307 - 13 A5, Jungle Kaudiya, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, Lat / Lon : 26.8777, 83.3055, elevation: 104 m, collected on 12th of October 2017 GoogleMaps ; UP18-1310 - 14 A1 , UP18- 1311 - 14 A2, Jungle Dhushad, Haidergunj, Gorakhpur , Uttar Pradesh, Lat / Lon : 26.7915, 83.4214, elevation: 52 m, collected on 12th of October 2017, collected by Nalini Tiwari GoogleMaps ( Fig. 10 View Fig ).

Description Length 75–111 mm, diameter 5 mm. The total number of segments 82–110. First dorsal pore starts from xii/ xiii. Clitellum annular, covering three segments, i.e., xiv–xvi. Female pore on xiv single, median, presetal or just adjacent to setal line. Male pores in the setal line of segment xviii, on small disc in crescentic slits of copulatory pouches with about 17–22 setae between the male pores. Spermathecal pore four pairs in the intersegmental furrow of v/vi/vii/viii/ix. Genital markings paired, on xvii and xix, in setal line, slightly internal to the male pores.

Oesophagus with single gizzard in ix/x. Lateral intestinal caeca simple, starts from xxvii, extends up to xxiv. Male organs holandric, testis sacs in x and xi, two pairs of seminal vesicles in segment xi and xii. Prostate racemose, in xviii, extending through xv–xxi, ducts long and looped. Four pairs of spermathecae in vi-ix, each with a short, stout duct and oval shaped ampulla; diverticulum stalk short and slender. Genital marking glands present in xvii and xix, corresponding to external genital markings, sessile.