TABLE 5 in Earthworms (Oligochaeta, Clitellata) of the Mitaraka range (French Guiana): commented checklist with description of one genus and eighteen species new to science

TABLE 5. — Main morpho-anatomical characteristics of the new Benhamiidae Michaelsen, 1897 species from the Mitaraka range.
TuberculaCalciferousSpeciesPigmentation Size (mm) Clitellumpubertatis glandsSpermathecae TestesNeogaster csuzdii Bartz &dorsally light20 to 30XIII-XX,absenttwo pairs inone pair in IXtwo pairsDecaëns, n. sp.yellow-brown,annularXIV-XV, lamellarin X-XIlighter ventrallystructureNeogaster tumuchumacdorsally light12 to 17XIII-XX,absenttwo pairs intwo pairstwo pairsBartz & Decaëns, n. sp.yellow-brown,annularXIV-XV, lamellar in VIII-IXin X-XIventrally lighterstructureOmodeoscolex touroultidorsally reddish-18 to 25XIII-XX,absenttwo pairs inthree unpairedtwo pairsBartz & Decaëns, n. sp.brown, ventrally lightannularXIV-XV, lamellar in VI-VIIIin X-XIyellow-brownstructureOmodeoscolex abamaensis dorsally light14 to 21XIII-XX,absenttwo pairs inthree unpairedtwo pairsBartz & Decaëns, n. sp.yellow-brown,annularXIV-XV, lamellar in VII-IXin X-XIventrally lighterstructureOmodeoscolexdorsally reddish-18 to 26XIII-XX,absenttwo pairs infour unpairedtwo pairstetraspermatheca Bartz &brown, ventrally lightannularXIV-XV, lamellar in VI-IXin X-XIDecaëns, n. sp.yellow-brownstructure