Phaenocora virginiana Gilbert, 1935

Houben, Albrecht M., Steenkiste, Niels Van & Artois, Tom J., 2014, Revision of Phaenocora Ehrenberg, 1836 (Rhabditophora, Typhloplanidae, Phaenocorinae) with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 3889 (3), pp. 301-354 : 345

Phaenocora virginiana Gilbert, 1935

(Figs 11A, 15A)

Phaenocora virginiana Gilbert 1935: 287 , 290, 292–302, 305–309, 313–317, 319–320, 324–330, 335–339, 341–343, 352–353, 355–356, 358, 363, 374–376, TextFigs 1A, 2Aa, 2Ab, 2Ac, tables 1, 2; Gilbert 1937: 53 –54, 58–60, 67; Gilbert 1938a: 201 –204, 211; Gilbert 1938b: 208 –209, 213–215, 217–218; Marcus 1946: 66 –67, 69–70, 72, 75, 81, 166; Karling 1956: 195; Young & Harris 1973: 87.

Phaenocora virgiana (incorrect subsequent spelling) Gilbert 1938b: 218.

Phaenocora agassizi (incorrect name, also see remarks on P. agassizi ) Carter 1929: 431, 435–437.

Known distribution: Charlottesville (Virginia, USA), in the vicinity of the University of Virginia ( Gilbert 1935). Material examined: None.

Diagnosis: Animals about 0.7–1.3 mm long. With a pair of reddish eyes. The anterior end of the body often heavily pigmented by brownish, granular pigment. Numerous zoochlorellae present. Dermal rhabdites and adenal rhabdites present. Net-like vitellaria extending from the genital pore towards the caudal body end. Male copulatory organ of the duplex-type IA. Female genital system of the UNIPUNCTATA - type.