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Figs 8, 9 in The role of museums in safeguarding biodiversity: A happy end of the century-long saga of Tritogenia zuluensis (Beddard, 1907) (Oligochaeta: Tritogeniidae)

Figs 8, 9. Labels: (8) a, b – original by I. Trägårdh, referring to collection locality and preservation method; c – species name, collection area and date ('Natal Stanford Hill' refers to another specimen, possibly to M. papillatus); (9) label referring to Microchaetus colletti and Microchaetus zululensis, the species identified by Beddard, with the added comment: 'see P.Z.S. 1907 August'.

Figs 2–4 in The role of museums in safeguarding biodiversity: A happy end of the century-long saga of Tritogenia zuluensis (Beddard, 1907) (Oligochaeta: Tritogeniidae)

Figs 2–4. Tritogenia zuluensis (Beddard, 1907): (2, 3) lectotype, anterior part of the body, ventrally (2) and specimen dissected dorsally (3); (4) paralectotype, specimen dissected dorsally. Abbreviations: C – clitellum, Dbv – dorsal blood vessel, G – gizzard, Gp – genital papillae, I – intestine, Tp – tubercula pubertatis. Scale bars = 1 cm.

Figs 5–7 in The role of museums in safeguarding biodiversity: A happy end of the century-long saga of Tritogenia zuluensis (Beddard, 1907) (Oligochaeta: Tritogeniidae)

Figs 5–7. Tritogenia zuluensis (Beddard, 1907), re-examined specimen 'GNM Oligochaeta 16' described by Michaelsen (1907) as Microchaetus zulu, accepted as a synonym of zuluensis by Michaelsen (1913): (5) whole specimen, ventrally; (6) anterior part of specimen; (7) anterior part dissected. Abbreviations: G – gizzard, Gg – genital glands, Gp – genital papillae. Scale bars = 1 cm.

Fig. 1 in The role of museums in safeguarding biodiversity: A happy end of the century-long saga of Tritogenia zuluensis (Beddard, 1907) (Oligochaeta: Tritogeniidae)

Fig. 1. Reproduction of the historical drawing of Microchaetus zuluensis Beddard, 1907 (text-fig. 85), the anterior part of the body, with misleading indication of the simple segmentation.

Figs 8–10 in A new family Tritogeniidae for the genera Tritogenia and Michalakus, earlier accredited to the composite Microchaetidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta)

Figs 8–10. Tritogenia species: (8) T. shawi Plisko & Zicsi, 1991, material from the area adjacent to the type locality; (9) T. tetrata Plisko, 2003, paratype; (10) T. zuluensis (Beddard, 1907), syntype. Scale bars = 1 cm.

Figs 4–7 in A new family Tritogeniidae for the genera Tritogenia and Michalakus, earlier accredited to the composite Microchaetidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta)

Figs 4–7. Paratypes of (4) Tritogenia curta Plisko & Zicsi, 1991; (5) T. hiltonia Plisko, 2003; (6) T. insolita Plisko, 1997; and (7) T. koilia Plisko, 1997. Scale bars = 1 cm.

Fig. 3 in A new family Tritogeniidae for the genera Tritogenia and Michalakus, earlier accredited to the composite Microchaetidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta)

Fig. 3. Tritogenia sp., live specimens: (A) juvenile; (B) specimen developing tubercula pubertatis. (Photo by H. Grobler)

Fig. 1. Tritogenia sulcata Kinberg, 1867 in A new family Tritogeniidae for the genera Tritogenia and Michalakus, earlier accredited to the composite Microchaetidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta)

Fig. 1. Tritogenia sulcata Kinberg, 1867, type material fragments (NHRS 157; photo by E. Sigvaldadóttir).

Fig. 10 in An annotated key separating foreign earthworm species from the indigenous South African taxa (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Microchaetidae, Ocnerodrilidae and Tritogeniidae)

Fig. 10. Spermathecae: (A) Acanthodrilidae: Udeina adriani; (B) Benhamiinae: Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) bolaui, D. (D) modiglianii, D. (D) affinis and D. (D) annae; (C) Microchaetidae: Proandicus pajori; (D) Megascolecidae: Amynthas aeruginosus.

Fig. 9 in An annotated key separating foreign earthworm species from the indigenous South African taxa (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Microchaetidae, Ocnerodrilidae and Tritogeniidae)

Fig. 9. Setal arrangements: (A –C) lumbricine arrangement: (A) closely paired; (B) widely paired; (C) separated in eight rows; (D) perichaetine arrangement.

Fig. 6 in An annotated key separating foreign earthworm species from the indigenous South African taxa (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Microchaetidae, Ocnerodrilidae and Tritogeniidae)

Fig. 6. Prostates: (A) (schematic) racemose = lobular (Amynthas sp.) Megascolecidae; (B) tubular (Udeina adriani) Acanthodrilinae.

Fig. 8 in An annotated key separating foreign earthworm species from the indigenous South African taxa (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Microchaetidae, Ocnerodrilidae and Tritogeniidae)

Fig. 8. Segmentation: (A) Secondary annulation: an anterior part of Microchaetus papillatus (Microchaetidae) showing intersegmental furrows separating segments, marked by nephridial pores of holoic nephridia; (B–C) simple: (B) Eudrilus eugeniae (Eudrilidae); (C) Aporrectodea trapezoides (Lumbricidae) showing tubercula pubertatis and male pore with tumescens.

Fig. 4 in An annotated key separating foreign earthworm species from the indigenous South African taxa (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Microchaetidae, Ocnerodrilidae and Tritogeniidae)

Fig. 4. (A) Megascolecine arrangement (schematic): one pair of prostatic pores (tubular or lobular = racemose) in segment 18 and male pores in 18. Spermathecal pores may occur in some of the intersegmental furrows 4/5 – 8/9; (B) Amynthas sp. (Megascolecidae).

Fig. 3 in An annotated key separating foreign earthworm species from the indigenous South African taxa (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Microchaetidae, Ocnerodrilidae and Tritogeniidae)

Fig. 3. Microscolecine arrangement, schematic: one pair of prostatic pores in 17 or 19, male pores may occur in segment 17 or 18, or be absent; spermathecal pores may be single pair with pores in 7/8 or 8/9, or two pairs in 7/8 and 8/9, or absent.

Fig. 13 in A new family Tritogeniidae for the genera Tritogenia and Michalakus, earlier accredited to the composite Microchaetidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta)

Fig. 13. Kazimierzus sp., live specimen. Scale bar = 1 cm. (Photo by S. James)

Fig. 14. Microchaetus vernoni Plisko, 1992 in A new family Tritogeniidae for the genera Tritogenia and Michalakus, earlier accredited to the composite Microchaetidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta)

Fig. 14. Microchaetus vernoni Plisko, 1992, paratype, entire length 2.6 m.

Fig. 11. Michalakus initus Plisko, 1996 in A new family Tritogeniidae for the genera Tritogenia and Michalakus, earlier accredited to the composite Microchaetidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta)

Fig. 11. Michalakus initus Plisko, 1996, holotype.

Fig. 12. Microchaetus papillatus Benham, 1892 in A new family Tritogeniidae for the genera Tritogenia and Michalakus, earlier accredited to the composite Microchaetidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta)

Fig. 12. Microchaetus papillatus Benham, 1892, live juvenile specimen. (Photo by A. Armstrong)

Fig. 2 in A new family Tritogeniidae for the genera Tritogenia and Michalakus, earlier accredited to the composite Microchaetidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta)

Fig. 2. Tritogenia howickiana (Michaelsen, 1913), lectotype (ZMUH V-7658). Scale bar = 5 mm.

Fig. 1 in An annotated key separating foreign earthworm species from the indigenous South African taxa (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Microchaetidae, Ocnerodrilidae and Tritogeniidae)

Fig. 1. (A) Acanthodriline arrangement (schematic); (B) Parachilota timothyi (Acanthodrilinae).