Glossoscolex, Leuckart, 1835

Feijoo, Alexander & Brown, George G., 2018, New species of Glossoscolex and Fimoscolex earthworms (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae) from Embrapa Forestry, Paraná, Brazil, Zootaxa 4496 (1), pp. 492-502 : 494

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4496.1.38
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5950237
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scientific name	Glossoscolex
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Subgenus Glossoscolex

Diagnosis. One pair of intracoelomic copulatory pouches/bulbs associated with a pair of external intraclitellar male genital pores ( Righi 1971).

Number of described species/subspecies: 48. Distribution: Argentina (6), Brazil (41), Paraguay (4), Uruguay (4). In a few cases (5) species have been found in more than one country ( Fragoso & Brown 2007).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Annelida
Class	Clitellata
SubClass	Oligochaeta
Order	Haplotaxida
Family	Glossoscolecidae

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