Carrera-Martínez Roberto, Taylor Melanie K, Jones Daniel, Schoville Sean D, Snyder Bruce A, Callaham Mac A
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; University of Georgia; Athens; GA; USA; Department of Integrative Biology; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison; WI; USA.
Southern Research Station; US Forest Service; Athens; GA; USA; Odum School of Ecology; University of Georgia; Athens; GA; USA.
Zootaxa. 2025 Feb 19;5589(1):382-409. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5589.1.29.
After one year of surveying semiaquatic earthworms (Oligochaeta, Sparganophilidae), we describe Sparganophilus jenkinsi sp. nov., S. carveri sp. nov., S. oconeeae sp. nov., S. williamsae sp. nov., S. muskogee sp. nov., S. youngae sp. nov., and S. borgesae sp. nov. based on extensive differences in morphological characters and molecular data. Three additional species are described morphologically but not formally named due to limited material. The species of Sparganophilus described here can be organized into three species groups: (1) S. jenkinsi, S. oconeeae, S. muskogee, S. carveri, S. williamsae, S. youngae, S. borgesae, and Sparganophilus sp02 have continuous tubercula pubertatis in the region of xvii-xxii, and tubular nephridial bladder; (2) Sparganophilus sp09 have three discrete pairs of tubercula pubertatis and sack-like nephridial bladder; and (3) Sparganophilus sp10 have the tubercula pubertatis posteriorly displaced and reduced to two segments, and have a nephridial "caecum." These new species contribute to our knowledge of the endemism and biodiversity of earthworms in the Appalachian Piedmont.
在对半水生蚯蚓（寡毛纲，带丝蚓科）进行了一年的调查之后，我们基于形态特征和分子数据的广泛差异，描述了詹氏带丝蚓新种、卡氏带丝蚓新种、奥科尼带丝蚓新种、威廉氏带丝蚓新种、马斯考吉带丝蚓新种、杨氏带丝蚓新种和博尔热斯带丝蚓新种。另外三个物种由于材料有限，仅进行了形态描述但未正式命名。此处描述的带丝蚓物种可分为三个物种组：（1）詹氏带丝蚓、奥科尼带丝蚓、马斯考吉带丝蚓、卡氏带丝蚓、威廉氏带丝蚓、杨氏带丝蚓、博尔热斯带丝蚓和带丝蚓sp02在第十七至二十二节区域有连续的青春期瘤，且有管状肾膀胱；（2）带丝蚓sp09有三对离散的青春期瘤和袋状肾膀胱；（3）带丝蚓sp10的青春期瘤向后移位并减少到两节，且有一个肾“盲囊”。这些新物种增进了我们对阿巴拉契亚山麓蚯蚓特有性和生物多样性的了解。
