David R. Lenat Steven V. Fend 2010 <p>The first verified records of <i>Rhynchelmis</i> from the southeastern Nearctic represent two new species. Both belong to R. (Rhynchelmoides) (Hrabě) <strong>n. comb.</strong>, which is defined here. <i>Rhynchelmis bolinensis</i> <strong>n. sp.</strong> resembles other R. (Rhynchelmoides) species with elongate spermathecae, but differs in details of the reproductive structures. <i>Rhynchelmis croatanensis</i> <strong>n. sp.</strong> is similar in many respects, but the gonads and male and female pores are shifted anteriad by one segment, a character previously unknown within the genus. <i>Pararhynchelmis murdocki</i> <strong>n. gen.</strong>, <strong>n. sp.</strong> has the spermathecal pores in VIII and IX and male pores in X, and the spermathecae connect to the gut. These characters associate the new species with <i>Rhynchelmis</i>, but the combination of differences in morphology or arrangement of atria, spermathecae, blood vessels and nephridia, and the absence of a proboscis, suggest that it be placed in a related genus. <i>Rhynchelmis bolinensis</i> was collected at several sites in North Carolina, but the other two species are known only from single localities.<br></p> application/pdf 10.11646/zootaxa.2554.1.1 en Magnolia Press New southeastern Nearctic Rhynchelmis (Rhynchelmoides) species and the description of Pararhynchelmis n. gen. (Annelida: Clitellata: Lumbriculidae) article