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 Microscolex dubius ( Fletcher, 1887 ) Eudrilus dubius Fletcher, 1887 : 378 . Microscolex dubius: Michaelsen 1899 a : 97 , 1900 : 140, 1907a: 146, 1908: 35, 1910a: 66, 1913a: 495, 1933: 429 ; Ljungström 1972 a : 5 ; Pickford 1937 : 429 ; Reynolds & Cook 1976 : 96 ; Zicsi 1998 : 70 ; Plisko 2010 : 291 . Type locality . Australia NSW , Sydney. Distribution . Cosmopolitan: in RSA : FS : Boshof. Skandinavien Drift, Bank of Vaal river. EC : Port Elizabeth. Uitenhage. Cradock. WC , Cape Peninsula: Cape Town. Cape Flats. French Hoek. Sea Point. Hout Bay on Chapman's Peak road. Bergvliet Farm. Remarks . Widely distributed all over the world, occurs where climatic conditions allow. Introduced to this country.