Perelia galileana, Csuzdi & Pavliček, 2005

Perelia galileana sp. n.

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Allolobophora sp. PAVLÍČEK et al. 1996: 450.

Holotype: No. 14876 Qiryat Tivon , Israel, T. PAVLÍČEK, 1996.03.20.

Paratypes: No. 12228 3 ex., Mt. Carmel, Nahal Oren, Israel, T. PAVLÍČEK 1995.03.03 . No. 12412 1+ 2 ex., Qiryat Tivon, Israel, T. PAVLÍČEK, 1996.03.20 . No. 12957 2 ex., Latrun, Israel, T. PAVLÍČEK, 1998.03.22 . No. 14040 1+ 2 ex., Allone Abba, Israel, T. PAVLÍČEK & Cs. Csuzdi, 2001.03.21 . No. 14136 1+ 3 ex., southwestern slope of Golan Heights near Kinneret, Israel, T. PAVLÍČEK, 2001.02.09 . No. 14724 1+ 2 ex., Allone Abba, Israel, T. PAVLÍČEK, 2004.03.27 .

Additional material examined: No. 12442 0+ 1 ex., Israel, Allone Abba , T. PAVLÍČEK 1996 . 03.20. No. 14715 0+ 2 ex., Nahal Tabor in Jordan Valley, Israel, T. PAVLÍČEK, 2004.02.21 ( Fig. 4 View Fig ) .

Etymology: The name of this species refers to the place of its distribution.

Diagnosis. Length: 40–68 mm, diameter: 3–5 mm, setae closely paired. Clitellum on 23, 24–34. Tubercles on 31–34. Male pore on 15 great. Dissepiments 6/7–8/9 thickened. Two pairs of vesicles in 11, 12; two pairs of spermathecae in 9/10, 10/11 open in setal line cd. Calciferous glands with lateral diverticula in 10. Nephridial bladders “S” shaped, with cephalad bent ental part and an ectal vesiculum.

Description. Holotype: length 71 mm, diameter just after the clitellum 5 mm. Number of segments 151. Paratypes: 40–68 mm long and 3–4.5 mm wide. Number of segments 133–146. Colour pale, pigmentation lacking. Prostomium epilobous ½ open. First dorsal pore at the intersegmental furrow 4/5. Setae strictly paired. Setal formula at segment xl: aa:ab:bc:cd:dd = 14.5:1.5:12:1:30. Two pairs of spermathecal pores present in furrows 9/10 and 10/ 11 in the setal line cd. Male pores ventral, just above setae b, on the segment xv intruding also to the neighbouring segments. Nephridial pores irregularly alternated between setal line b -d. Clitellum on segments xxiv–xxxiv sometimes slightly intruding into the neighbouring segments. Tubercula pubertatis on segments ( xxx) xxxi–xxxiv. Genital papillae variable usually in the region ix–xiii ab and xxx ab. Genital setae of xi 0.580 –0.650 mm long, spear-shaped with 0.240 –0.300 mm long longitudinal grooves ( Fig. 5 View Figs 5–7 ).

Internal characteristics. Septa 6/7–8/9 thickened. Free testes and funnels paired in segments x–xi. Seminal vesicles present in segments xi and xii. Spermathecae in segments ix, x with external openings in the setal line cd. Calciferous diverticula present in segments x with lamellae extending into xi. Paired lateral hearts appear in segments vi–xi, with a pair of small extraoesophageal vessels in xii. Nephridial bladders “S” shaped with cephalad bent ental limb and an ectal vesicle ( Fig. 6 View Figs 5–7 ). Crop in segments xv–xvi, and gizzard in segments xvii–xviii. Typhosolis large, tri-lobed. Longitudinal muscle layers fasciculate with strong radial walls ( Fig. 7 View Figs 5–7 ).

Remark. The new species seems to be close to P. shamsi sp. n. and to the widely distributed P. kaznakovi ( MICHAELSEN, 1910) , but differs from both in the position of the clitellum and tubercles ( Table 1).