Metaphire birmanica ( Rosa, 1888 )

Metaphire birmanica ( Rosa, 1888)

Material examined MNP17-1006-39A26, Churachandpur, Manipur, Lat / Lon : 24.3728, 93.7097, collected on 6th of October 2017, collected by Shweta Yadav ( Fig. 8 View Fig ) GoogleMaps .

Description Length approximately 100 mm, diameter 4.6 mm. The total number of segments 97. Prostomium epilobic. First dorsal pore begins from segment xii/xiii. Clitellum annular covers three segments, i.e., xiv–xvi, setae and dorsal pores absent. Female pore single, median on segment xiv visible in small, intact, white circular patch. Male pores in the setal zone of segment xviii, inside a copulatory pouch, bounded by tumescent lip, opens with transverse slit- like aperture, intervening 13 setae between the male pores. Three pairs of spermathecal pores in the ventrolateral side of intersegmental furrow of segment v/vi/vii/viii, opens with transverse slit-like aperture. Genital markings absent.

Oesophagus with a single gizzard in segment ix. The lateral intestinal caeca manicate, originates in segment xxvii and extends up to xxiv. Last pair of heart in segment xiii. Male organs holandric, testis sacs in x and xi, two pairs of seminal vesicles in xi and xii. Prostate racemose, deeply lobuled, in xviii, extends from xvi–xxii, duct uniformly thickened, muscular, U-shaped looped. Spermathecae paired in segment vi–viii, oval-shaped ampulla, duct short approximately half the length of ampulla, at the base of duct attached a diverticulum, strongly waved with 4–5 small seminal chambers.