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 Michalakus initus Plisko, 1996 Michalakus initus Plisko, 1996 a : 289 . Material examined: KwaZulu­Natal : NMSA / Olig.03378 Otto’s Bluff , Martin’s Farm ( 29º28'56"S : 30º22'11"E ) from wet soil under wattle bush and indigenous grassland, 12 January 2001 , 7 cl + 17 juv, JDP , AJA , TN . Remarks: Discovered originally in the middle section of Umgeni River Valley. This new record extends the known range of the species south­east of the type locality. In the latest site species was associated with Microchaetus parvus and Microchaetus natalensis .