Pheretima (Pheretima) Kinberg, 1867

Aspe, Nonillon M. & Obusan, Marie Christine M., 2023, Pheretimoid earthworms (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) cultivated in a vermifacility in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5255 (1), pp. 101-112 : 103

Genus Pheretima (Pheretima) Kinberg, 1867

Type species Pheretima montana Kinberg, 1867

Generic diagnosis. Body circular in cross section, with numerous setae regularly arranged equatorially around each segment; setae absent on first and last segments. Male pores paired within copulatory bursae opening on segment xviii; one or more pairs of spermathecal pores in intersegmental furrows between 4/5 and 8/9. Clitellum annular, covering three segments (xiv–xvi). Single midventral female pore on xiv. Genital markings usually absent. Internally, oesophageal gizzard usually originating in viii; a pair of caeca originating in xxvii, extending forward. Ovaries and funnels free in xiii. Male sexual system holandric, with paired testes and funnels enclosed in sacs in x and xi, and seminal vesicles in xi and xii. Spermathecae one pair, multiple pairs, sometimes single and located midventrally, or sometimes lacking. Nephridia present on spermathecal duct(s). One pair of prostate glands, racemose. Copulatory bursae present; secretory diverticula lacking on coelomic surface of copulatory bursae.