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  <dc:contributor>Ralph O. Brinkhurst</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Steven V. Fend</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2010</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;Morphological characters for several Palearctic taxa attributed by recent authors to the genus&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Rhynchelmis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Hoffmeister, 1843 were reviewed using new or previously studied museum specimens. The genus&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Rhynchelmis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;s. lat. was supported, and the Palearctic subgenus&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Rhynchelmis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;(Rhynchelmis) was proposed, based on several probable synapomorphies: longitudinal muscles with lateral margins curled; strong dorsolateral-transverse muscles; vasa deferentia with thickened, glandular epithelium; spermathecal ampullae with anterior, sacciform diverticulum; accessory organ often present in preatrial segment. The Japanese&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Rhynchelmis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;orientalis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Yamaguchi, 1936 was redescribed using new material, and had none of the abovementioned characters. The separation of other potential subgenera, the&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Rhynchelmoides&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sutroa&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;groups, is still subject to review of those primarily Nearctic taxa. Attribution by Kaygorodova &amp;amp; Liventseva (2007) of several Lake Baikal species to&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pseudorhynchelmis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Hrabě (1982) was supported, and&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Rhynchelmis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;paraolchonensis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Giani &amp;amp; Martinez-Ansemil, 1984 may also belong in&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pseudorhynchelmis.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.11646/zootaxa.2407.1.1</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Biotaxa</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Contributions towards a review of the genus Rhynchelmis Hoffmeister (Clitellata: Lumbriculidae)</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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