An annotated checklist of the South African Acanthodrilidae (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae: Acanthodrilinae, Benhamiinae)
Author
Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta
text
Zootaxa
2012
3458
4
58
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.282224
3c9db890-c1df-4340-8be1-8e5cd631aeed
1175-5326
282224
Parachilota michaelsenianus
Pickford, 1937
Chilota capensis
:
Michaelsen 1913a
: 496
, 1913b: 49
.
Parachilota michaelsenianus
Pickford, 1937
: 276
.
Parachilota michaelsenianus
:
Reynolds & Cook 1976
: 136
; SAMC; BMNH. nec
Chilota capensis
Michaelsen 1900
: 147
: after
Pickford 1937
: 276
.
Type
locality
.
WC
, ‘Moddergat near Lynedoch, Stellenbosch Dist.’ (reported by
Michaelsen, 1913a
,
b
).
Distribution
.
WC
, Eastern proximity of Cape Peninsula, Stellenbosch area and at peninsula Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, in the dell flower-beds.
Remarks
.
Pickford (1937)
redescribed material collected by
Michaelsen (1913a)
in Stellenbosch area, Moddergat near Lynedoch, misidentified as
Chilota capensis
(
Beddard, 1885
)
, and recognized it as a new species,
Parachilota michaelsenianus
. Some additional systematic observations were made based on Michaelsen’s specimens and her new material. She made clear that the new species is not identical with Beddard’s problematic
Acanthodrilus capensis
Beddard, 1885
.
Holotype
SAMC 147 (from Moddergat near Lynedoch).
Paratype
BMNH 1938.7.1.1047. Other material: SAMC A21600 (n. sp.?); BMNH 1938.7.1.1048–1052 with variable hand-written information.