Trichodrilus cf. tenuis Hrabě, 1960

Dole-Olivier, Marie-José, Galassi, Diana M. P., Fiers, Frank, Malard, Florian, Martin, Patrick, Martin, Dominique & Marmonier, Pierre, 2015, Biodiversity in mountain groundwater: the Mercantour National Park (France) as a European hotspot, Zoosystema 37 (4), pp. 529-550 : 536

Trichodrilus cf. tenuis Hrabě, 1960

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Site 8: 8 specimens, site 9: 4 specimens, site 23: 2 specimens. Material deposited at IRScNB, I.G. 32392.

REMARKS

This species is very close to T. tenuis Hrabě, 1960 , from which it can be distinguished by the absence of a so-called “pseudovestibule” at junction with spermathecal ducts, as mentioned by Juget & des Châtelliers (2001) in a complementary description of T. tenuis based on specimens from the eastern part of France (Lyon area). It falls in the Trichodrilus sp. group II sensu Rodriguez & Giani, 1994, a group of ill-defined species that badly needs revision. This is probably a new species, but its description should ideally be carried out within a revision of the latter group, based on additional material and genetic characterization via DNA barcoding (see Martin et al. 2015, this issue)