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Scolioscolides bergtheili Gates 1937
Authors/Creators
- 1. Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu 44618, Nepal
Description
Scolioscolides bergtheili (Michaelsen, 1907)
Megascolides bergtheili Michaelsen, 1907: 150.
Scolioscolides bergtheili (Michaelsen) Gates, 1937b: 307.
Type locality: Sandakphu (27.0600°N, 88.0000°E), West Bengal, India;
Type specimen: ZSIC ZEV2951 / 7, ZMUH 7173
Distribution in Nepal: Eastern Nepal (Julka et al. 2009).
Distribution elsewhere: India (Michaelsen 1907, 1909; Stephenson 1923; Gates 1972; Julka 1988).
Habitat: Forest (Julka 2009).
Ecology: Not mentioned.
Remarks: Species epithet named after E. Bergtheil, who collected the type specimens along with D.H. Burkill. It was collected by M. Koirala from eastern Nepal.
Notes
Published as part of Singh, Ankit Kumar & Khanal, Laxman, 2025, Annotated Checklist of the Earthworms (Annelida: Clitellata: Megadrili) of Nepal, pp. 91-111 in Zootaxa 5589 (1) on page 95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5589.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/14897397
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- ZMUH , ZSIC
- Material sample ID
- ZEV2951 , ZMUH 7173
- Scientific name authorship
- Gates
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Annelida
- Order
- Crassiclitellata
- Family
- Acanthodrilidae
- Genus
- Scolioscolides
- Species
- bergtheili
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Scolioscolides bergtheili Gates, 1937 sec. Singh & Khanal, 2025
References
- Michaelsen, W. (1907) Neue Oligochaeten von Vorderindien, Ceylon, Burma und den Andaman-Inseln. Jahrbuch der hamburgischen wissenschaftlichen Anstalten, 24, 143-188.
- Gates, G. E. (1937 b) Indian earthworms. II. Scolioscolides gen. nov. Records of the Indian Museum, 39 (4), 305-310. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v39/i4/1937/162270
- Julka, J. M., Paliwal, R. & Kathireswari, P. (2009) Biodiversity of Indian earthworms - an overview. In: Edwards, C. A., Jayaraaj, R. & Jayraaj, I. A. (Eds.), Proceedings of Indo-US Workshop on Vermitechnology in Human Welfare, Rohini Achagam, Coimbatore, India, 2009, pp. 36-56.
- Michaelsen, W. (1909) The Oligochaeta of India, Nepal, Ceylon, Burma and the Andaman Islands. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 1, 103-253.
- Stephenson, J. (1923) The Fauna of British India- Oligochaeta including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis, London, 518 pp.
- Gates, G. E. (1972) Burmese earthworms: An introduction to the systematics and biology of Megadrile Oligochaetes with special reference to Southeast Asia. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, 62 (7), 1-326. https://doi.org/10.2307/1006214
- Julka, J. M. (1988) Megadrile Oligochaeta (earthworms): Haplotaxida: Lumbricina: Megascolecoidea: Octochaetidae. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, pp. 400.