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
Tritogenia alveata
Plisko, 1997
Tritogenia alveata
Plisko, 1997: 268
.
Material
examined:
KwaZuluNatal
:
Qudeni Forest Reserve
:
NMSA
/
Olig.
03440 valley, short grassland from top soil (
28º39'40"S
:
30º47'53"E
) 2 cl;
NMSA
/
Olig.
03435 (
28º39'42"S
:
30º47'53"E
) hillside, short grassland from top soil, 1 cl;
NMSA
/
Olig.
03433 (
28º39'42"S
:
30º47'54"E
) hillside, grassland between roots,1 cl; all collected
11 April 2001
by
AJA
,
PN
.
Remarks: Described and known from the
Qudeni Forest Reserve
and its close vicinity (
Fig. 14
).
The
tetrata
speciesgroup
This newly proposed speciesgroup is established for the species characterised by four rows of multiple spermathecae in segments 12–15, and spermathecal pores in intersegmental furrows 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16. To date no other known
Tritogenia
species
is characterised in this way.