Eleven new South African earthworms (Oligochaeta: Microchaetidae) with new information on some known species, and an inventory of the microchaetids of KwaZulu-Natal Author Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta text African Invertebrates 2003 2003-12-31 44 2 279 325 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.7666260 2305-2562 7666260 Microchaetus tuberosus Plisko, 1998 Microchaetus tuberosus Plisko, 1998: 290 . Material examined: KwaZulu­Natal : NMSA / Olig. 03497 Port Shepstone , Armidale farm ( 30º39'39"S : 30º30'19"E ) at 102 m , recently burnt grassland, many herbs, patch at summit of dune, damp sandy soil, 4 November 2001 , 5 cl , AJA , HM [associated with Microchaetus parvus ]. NMSA / Olig. 03630 Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve ( 30º43'49"S : 30º16'22"E ) summit at 451 m , grassland, 25 June 2002 , 4 juv [in quiescent phase, without soil in the gut, posteriorly transparently reddish] , AJA , D. J. Craigie , BK, L. Mnguni . NMSA / Olig. 03631 Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve ( 30º43'50"S : 30º16'24"E ) east facing slope at 451 m , grassland/forest border, 25 June 2002 , 1 cl + 1 juv , AJA , D. J. Craigie , BK, L. Mnguni [associated with Pontoscolex corethrurus ( Müller, 1857 ) ]. Mbumbazi Nature Reserve : NMSA / Olig. 03405 ( 30º47'42"S : 30º16'41"E ) hillside, in forest on path, 27 March 2001 , 1 with tubercula pubertatis , AJA , BK; NMSA / Olig. 03404 ( 30º47'45"S : 30º16'35"E ) hillside, in forest near stream, 27 March 2001 , 5 juv , AJA , BK; NMSA / Olig. 03399 ( 30º47'45"S : 30º16'43"E ) hillside, in forest, 27 March 2001 , 5 with tubercula pubertatis , AJA , BK; NMSA / Olig. 03396 ( 30º48'06"S : 30º16'30"E ) hillside, under tall grass, along road, 26 March 2001 , 5 juv , AJA , BK; NMSA / Olig. 03397 ( 30º48'06"S : 30º16'30"E ) hillside, under tall grass, along road, 26 March 2001 , 4 with tubercula pubertatis , AJA , BK; NMSA / Olig. 03519 ( 30º48'09"S : 30º16'47"E ) at 372 m , sparse medium­high grass with shrubs and herbs, top layer soil, under casts, 5 November 2001 , 3 not fully mature , AJA , HM ; NMSA / Olig. 03518 ( 30º48'12"S : 30º16'47"E ) hillside, recently burnt tall grass, between grass roots, damp soil, 5 November 2001 , 11 juv , AJA , HM ; NMSA / Olig. 03517 ( 30º48'12"S : 30º16'47"E ) hillside, recently burnt tall grass, under grass roots, damp soil, 5 November 2001 , 7 cl [much longer and with more segments than type material, and with various number and shape of spermathecae: 1–3 pairs per segment] , AJA , HM . Umtamvuna Nature Reserve : NMSA / Olig. 03406 ( 30º59'54"S : 30º09'48"E ) plateau, in vlei, medium­tall graminoids, 29 March 2001 , 11 juv , AJA , BK; plateau, in vlei under medium graminoids ( 30º59'55"S : 30º09'48"E ) : NMSA / Olig. 03409, 1 cl , NMSA / Olig. 03410, 8 juv , NMSA / Olig. 03411, 2 cocoons, collected 29 March 2001 by AJA , BK, [associated with acanthodrilid of the genus Parachilota ]. Remarks: A species described from the Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve and known from various places in its vicinity ( Fig. 1 ). Present records extend the known range of the species to coastal lowlands in southern KZN. At some sites the species was associated with parvus , with an indigenous acanthodrilid of the genus Parachilota , or with the exotic glossoscolecid Pontoscolex corethrurus ( Müller, 1857 ) .