Phaenocora lutheri Gilbert, 1937

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 : 340

Phaenocora lutheri Gilbert, 1937

( Figs 12 D, 16B)

Phaenocora lutheri Gilbert 1937: 53 –70 Figs 1 –13; Gilbert 1938a: 204, 208, 211; Gilbert 1938b: 208, 213, 215, 220; Ruebush 1939: 52; Marcus 1946: 69, 70, 72, 75.

Known distribution: Skyline Drive (Rockingham County, Virginia, USA) ( Gilbert 1937). Material examined: None.

Diagnosis: Animals about 1.75–2.25 mm long, with a blunt tail. Pigmentation absent except for the eyes. With pink-coloured anterior end, probably because of the presence of oil droplets in the parenchyma. Zoochlorellae absent. Dermal rhabdites present. Male copulatory organ of the duplex-type IIB, with an accessory cirrus duct. Both cirrus and accessory cirrus armed with spines. Female genital systems of the EVELINAE - type. Female genital canal long, intestinal bursa small and burso-intestinal duct long and slender. Genito-bursal duct and shell glands absent.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Photographs of live animals A, P. evelinae. B, P. foliacea from South Africa. C, P. foliacea from India. D, P. aglobulata sp. nov.. E – H, P. gilberti sp. nov.: E – F, pigmentation of the head. G, male copulatory organ. H, female genital canal.