Dichogaster sp. 4 Material examined. 3 juveniles, Savane Mulet, Basse Terre, Guadeloupe, N16°02.348', W61°39.965', 1178 m asl. In organic soil, moss and root mats in low montane vegetation of the western slope of Soufriere volcano. Description. Dimensions 45–50 mm by 3 mm at x, 2.5– 3 mm at xxx; body cylindrical in cross section, segments 174, 177, unpigmented. Setae ventral, closely paired throughout; setal formula AA:AB:BC:CD = 5:1:4:1 at xxx; DD> 1/2 circumference throughout. Prostomium epilobous closed, segments faintly triannulate from segment lx onwards. First dorsal pore 12/13, 14/15, spermathecal pores in AB 7/8, 8/9. Ovipores on equatorial ovate papillae median to A in xiv; male pores not seen; prostatic pores and penial setae at ends of S-curved seminal grooves in AB in xvii–xix. Clitellum not developed; no other genital markings. Septa thin until 9/10–12/13, 9/10/11 meet body wall at same point; alimentary canal with small proventriculus in v, two gizzards in vi, vii; esophagus valvular in xviii, intestinal origin xix; typhlosole 23/24–cxxv, or –cxxxiii, a low fold 0.25 lumen diameter. Paired lateral typhlosoles 24–26, 29; very small. Thick chloragogen coating on outer intestinal surface from xxv–lv, intestinal constriction at 54/55; no caeca. Calciferous glands reniform, paired in xv– xvii, composed of longitudinally-oriented lamellae opening to medial, glands opening by separate ducts to esophagus, gland size xv

Published as part of James, Samuel W. & Gamiette, Franciane, 2016, New species of Dichogaster Beddard, 1888 (Clitellata: Benhamiidae) with additional records of earthworms from Guadeloupe (French West Indies), pp. 391-408 in Zootaxa 4178 (3) on pages 398-399, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4178.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/272503