Description of a new species of the earthworm genus Moniligaster Perrier, 1872 (Clitellata, Moniligastridae) from the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve of Tamil Nadu State, India Author Narayanan, S. Prasanth Advanced Centre of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam - 686560, Kerala, India Author Ahmed, Shakoor Zoological Survey of India (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India), FPS Building, Indian Museum Complex, Kolkata - 700016, West Bengal, India Author Thomas, A. P. Advanced Centre of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam - 686560, Kerala, India text Zootaxa 2025 2025-02-19 5589 1 142 154 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5589.1.12 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5589.1.12 1175-5326 14896843 84299CDD-8C6D-413A-9E9D-3A6E9F5BC9F1 Genus Moniligaster Perrier, 1872 Type species. Moniligaster deshayesi Perrier, 1872 Distribution. Endemic to south-western India , in the Western Ghats mountain ranges, with one record from the Eastern Ghats ( Narayanan et al. 2023a , 2024c ).