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Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) annae Horst 1893

Description

Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) annae (Horst, 1893)

Benhamia annae Horst, 1893: 32.

Dichogaster annae: Reynolds & Cook 1976: 70; Zicsi 1998: 71.

Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) annae: Csuzdi 1995: 102, 1996: 355, 2000: 59; Plisko 2010: 292; NMSAD. Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) annae in affinis species group: Csuzdi 2010: 194.

Type locality. Java, Buitenzorg.

Distribution. Circumtropical, with high morphological variability due to parthenogenetic reproduction (Csuzdi 2010). Described under numerous synonyms (complete record in Csuzdi: 1995, 1996, 2000, 2010). In RSA found only in KZN: Sunnyside at Celtis Rd. in Pietermaritzburg.

Remarks. Syntypes ZMH V-9281. In RSA recorded only once.

Notes

Published as part of Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta, 2012, An annotated checklist of the South African Acanthodrilidae (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae: Acanthodrilinae, Benhamiinae), pp. 4-58 in Zootaxa 3458 on page 48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282224

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Octochaetidae
Genus
Dichogaster
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Haplotaxida
Phylum
Annelida
Scientific name authorship
Horst
Species
annae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) annae Horst, 1893 sec. Plisko, 2012

References

  • Horst, R. (1893) Earthworms from the Malayi Archipelago. In: Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in Niederlandisch Ost- Indien. 3, Leiden: E. J. Brill. 28 - 77.
  • Reynolds J. W. & Cook, D. G. (1976) Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica. A catalogue of names, descriptions and type specimens of the Oligochaeta. Ottawa: Runge Press. 217 pp.
  • Zicsi, A. (1998) Neue und seltene terrestrische Oligochaeten aus Sudafrika. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, 95, 59 - 77.
  • Csuzdi, Cs. (1995) A catalogue of Benhamiinae species (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 97 B, 99 - 123.
  • Plisko, J. D. (2010) Megadrile earthworm taxa introduced to South African soils (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Ocnerodrilidae). African Invertebrates, 51 (2), 289 - 312.
  • Csuzdi, Cs. (2010) A monograph of the Paleotropical Benhamiinae earthworms. (Annelida: Oligochaeta, Acanthodrilidae). In: Csudi Cs. & Mahunka S. (Eds.), Pedozoologica Hungarica, Taxonomic, zoogeographic and faunistic studies on soil animals, No 6. Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum, 348 pp.
  • Csuzdi, Cs. (1996) Revision der Unterfamilie Benhamiinae Michaelsen, 1897 (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 72 (2), 347 - 367.
  • Csuzdi, Cs. (2000) A review of the Benhamiinae collection of the Natural History Museum, London (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae). Opuscula Zoologica, Budapest, 32: 51 - 81.