TABLE 1. Comparative analysis between the new species and described species Characters/speciesPriodoscolex maduraiensis Ahmed & Marimuthu, sp. nov.Priodoscolex montanus Gates, 1940Length92–280 mm230–313 mmWidth3–6 mm3–4 mmSegments211–389306–384SetaePerichaetine, except segment 18, ventral setae on segments 12–21 sometimes 11 and 22 displaced anteriorly or posteriorly of the setal linePerichaetine, ventral-most setae may be displaced anteriorly or posteriorly to produce a zigzagged appearance of the transverse setal lineClitellumSaddle shaped on segments 13–18Saddle shaped on segments 13, ½13– 19Spermathecal poresThree pairs 7,8 and 9 (just posterior to 6/7,7/8 and 8/9Two pairs in 8 and 9 (slightly posterior to7/8 and 8/9)Male poresClosely paired in segment 18 in a square-shaped depressionClosely paired in segment 18 in an oval, transverse genital shieldTyphlosoleSimple, lamelliform begin in segments 26–28Simple, lamelliform begin in segments 27–31Seminal vesiclesIn segments 11 and 12In segment 11 and 12SpermathecaeThree pairs in segments 7, 8 and 9 sometimes anterior directed in segments 6, 7 and 8, with digitiform, ectal diverticulumTwo pairs in segments 8 and 9, with digitiform, ectal diverticulum

Published as part of Ahmed, Shakoor, Banerjee, Dhriti & Marimuthu, Nithyanandam, 2025, Two new earthworm species of the genera Eutyphoeus Michaelsen, 1900 and Priodoscolex Gates, 1940 (Crassiclitellata: Acanthodrilidae) from India, pp. 244 in Zootaxa 5609 (2) on page 244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/15215020