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
Proandricus babanango
Plisko, 1992
Proandricus babanango
Plisko, 1992: 355
; Plisko 2000
b
: 245; Reynolds & Cook 1993: 12.
Material
examined:
KwaZuluNatal
:
Nkandla Forest Reserve
(
28º42'44"S
:
31º08'39"E
) at
1204 m
, eastfacing slope, grassland burnt 3 years ago, at
30 cm
depth,
NMSA
/ Olig.03530, 1 cl, and
NMSA
/
Olig.03531, 20 juv; all collected
21 November 2001
by
AJA
,
HM
.
Remarks: The species has been described from Babanango situated in northern KZN (
Fig. 7
). The subsequent records (Plisko 2000
b
) and present data suggest that this species may range into the central part of the province. In the presently noted site it was associated with a juvenile
Tritogenia
, and an acanthodrilid of the genus
Udeina
.