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
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.7666260
2305-2562
7666260
Tritogenia herbana
Plisko, 1997
Tritogenia herbana
Plisko, 1997: 257
.
Material examined:
KwaZuluNatal
:
NMSA
/
Olig.01251
Platberg
(
28º20'S
:
29º59'E
)
Elandslaagte
,
Mawelawela Game Farm
(
Mr G. Mitchell Innes Farm
) grassland, 7
December
1992,1 cl + 4 semimature,
JDP
,
BRS
.
Remarks: The external and internal characters are in accord with the original description (Plisko, 1997), although the genital glands were observed only in segment 12, a variation possibly related to the degree of maturity. Known from KZN, and from the northeastern Drakensberg escarpment in
Mpumalanga province
. Present record extends the known range of species into central KZN, and suggests much broader occurrence than is usually observed in the other species of this genus. The collection sites in KZN are shown in
Fig. 14
.