Amynthas alexandri alexandri Beddard, 1901

Amynthas alexandri alexandri Beddard, 1901

Material examined PAN17-1204-PAN01, Satpura National Park, Bariaam, Panchmari , Madhya Pradesh, Lat / Lon : 22.501, 78.4559, elevation: 1005.85 m; PAN17-1209- PAN06, Satpura National Park , Bee Fall , Panchmari , Madhya Pradesh, Lat / Lon : 22.4664, 78.4412, elevation: 1014.08 m; PAN17-1211-PAN08, PAN17-1213-PAN010, Satpura National Park , Pandav Caves , Panchmari , Madhya Pradesh, Lat / Lon : 22.4702, 78.4444, elevation: 650.756 m, collected by Ashutosh Vishwakarma, collected on 1st of October 2017 GoogleMaps ; MNP17-945-36A7, Keibul Lamjao National Park, Bishnupur, Manipur, Lat / Lon : 24.5475, 93.8521, elevation: 748.903 m, collected on 3rd of October 2017 GoogleMaps ; MNP17-968- 37A7, MNP17-972-37A11, MNP17-973-37A12, Keibul Lamjao National Park, Bishnupur, Manipur, Lat / Lon : 24.4953, 93.8319, elevation: 729.09 m, collected on 4th of October 2017 GoogleMaps ; MNP17-985-39A2, MNP17-1005-39A23, Churachandpur, Manipur, Lat / Lon : 24.3728, 93.7097, collected on 6th of October 2017 GoogleMaps ; MNP17-1015-40A9, close to forest office, Churachandpur, Manipur, Lat / Lon : 24.3339, 93.7294, collected on 6th of October 2017 GoogleMaps ; MNP17-1145- 46A9, Heingang, 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 ( Fig. 2 View Fig ).

Description Length 109–156 mm, diameter 5–5.5mm, total number of segments 89–128. Colour dark pigmented, dark brown or greyish brown on dorsal side and paler at ventral side in preserved specimen. Prostomium rudimentary. Setae perichaetine, starts from segment ii. First dorsal pore in xii/ xiii. Clitellum annular, extends from xiv–xvi, setae unrecognizable, dorsal pores absent. Spermathecal pore four pairs in an intersegmental furrow of v/vi, vi/vii, vii/viii, and viii/ix minute, superficial, more than 1/3C apart. Female pore single median, encircled with circular whitish line on segment xiv. Male pores minute, superficial in segment xviii, each in a relatively circular area (usually slightly depressed) encircled by U-shaped ridge that opens mesially. Each male pore is 13–15 setae apart. Genital marking absent.

Septa, 6/7–7/8 (and occasionally 5/6) substantially thickened, 10/11–11/12 less so. Septa, 8/9–9/10 absent. Intestine originate in segment xv. Lateral intestinal caeca, simple, in xxvii and extends up to segment xx. Lamelliform typhlosole. Holandric. Seminal vesicles present in xi, xii. Testis sac paired, vertical or sometimes unpaired, horseshoe-shaped including the hearts of x-xi and seminal vesicles of xi. Prostates in xviii, extends from xvi-xxii, duct muscular and two to three times looped. Spermathecal ampullae sac-like, with slender stalk diverticulum that originates from the spermathecal duct near parietes, longer than main axis and a variously looped wider portion entally.