TABLE 1. A in Clarification of the controversy around the problematic species " Eophila gestroi " (Cognetti, 1905) in the Balkan

TABLE 1. A comparison of the important morphological characters of Cernosvitovia strumicae with the same characters of species Eophila gestroi SpeciesCernosvitovia strumicaeEophila gestroiAuthorsAcc. to ŠapkarevAuthor’s dataInstitutional collectionAcc. to CognettiAcc. to OmodeoAcc. to ZicsiAcc. to MršićColor of the bodyunpigmented/ brownunpigmented/ brownunpigmentedunpigmentedunpigmentedunpigmentedUnpigmentedSegment number151–218158–222147–232200–230173–332246257128–219ProstomiumEpilobicepilobicEpilobicpro-epibolicprolobicProlobicProlobic1st dorsal pore9/10, 10/11, 11/129/10, 11/129/105/6, 6/78/9, 9/103/4, 5/65/6, 6/7, 8/9Male poresmall in segment 15small in segment 15small in segment 15large in segment 15large in segment 15large in segment 15large in segment 15Seminal vesicles9–129–129–1211,1211,1211,1211,12Spermathecae9/10, 10/119/10, 10/119/10, 10/119/10, 10/119/10, 10/119/10, 10/119/10, 10/11Clitellum29,30–40,4130–4029,30– 39, 4029–4130–4028,29,30–40,1/24028,29,1/2 29,30,31,32–38,39,40,1/2 40T. pubertatis32,33,34,35–4034,35–3933,34,35–4034,35–38,1/2 3934,35–37,38,3934,35–37,38,39,4032,1/2 33,3437,38,1/2 38TyphlosoleTrifidBifidNephridial bladdersU-shaped, the curved part is oriented towards the anterior part of the body.///S-shaped (“sigmoide” acc. to Qiu & Bouché (1998), the glandular part is oriented towards the anterior part of the body.