Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) saliens (Beddard, 1893)

Nxele, Thembeka C., 2012, The megadrile fauna (Annelida: Oligochaeta) of Queen Elizabeth Park, South Africa: species composition and distribution within different vegetation types, African Invertebrates 53 (2), pp. 543-543 : 549-550

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scientific name	Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) saliens (Beddard, 1893)
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Microdrilus saliens: Beddard 1893: 683 .

Dichogaster crawi Eisen, 1900: 228 ; Michaelsen 1913: 418.

Dichogaster saliens: Gates 1972: 281 ; Ljungström 1972 a: 7; Reynolds 1993: 6; Zicsi 1998: 71; Dlamini

2002: 62; Horn et al. 2007: 175.

Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) saliens: Csuzdi 1995: 108 ; Plisko 2010: 292; 2012: 49.

Type locality: Undesignated. The type material supposedly originated from Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, but obtained from earth at the Kew Gardens (UK) (Gates 1972). Description :

External: Length 40–45 mm, width 1–2 mm. Number of segments 100–110. Prostomium epilobous. Setae closely paired. First dorsal pore in 5/6. Clitellum on 13–19, circular, incomplete, interrupted by genital field on 17. Spermathecal and female pores not seen. Male pores paired on 17.

Internal: Gizzards two, in 5 and 6. Calciferous glands ovoid shaped in 15–17. Intestinal origin in 17.

Material examined:5 cl.: Mixed Scrub, between plantation and grassland (29°33.683'S 30°18.992'E), 3149ft, 24.ii.2012, 5 cl., NMSA /Olig.06144 GoogleMaps .

Remarks: It was previously collected from LP, KZN and EC ( NMSAD). Some authors have collected this species in various habitats, ranging from nature reserves to grasslands and forests ( Dlamini 2002; Horn et al. 2007).

References

CSUZDI, CS. 1995. A catalogue of Benhamiinae species (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 97 B: 99 - 123.

DLAMINI, T. C. 2002. Influence of land use on soil organic matter status, microbial biomass C and size and composition of earthworm communities in northern KwaZulu-Natal. Unpublished MSc dissertation. Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal.

EISEN, G. 1900. Researches in american Oligochaeta with especial reference to those of the Pacific Coast and adjacent islands. Proceeding of the Californian Academy of Sciences, Zoology 2: 87 - 256.

HORN, J. L., PLISKO, J. D. & HAMER, M. L. 2007. The leaf-litter earthworm fauna (Annelida: Oligochaeta) of forests in Limpopo Province, South Africa: diversity, communities and conservation. African Zoology 42 (2): 172 - 179.

LJUNGSTROM, P. O. 1972 a. Introduced earthworms of South Africa. On their taxonomy, distribution, history of introduction and on the extermination of endemic earthworms. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik 99: 1 - 81.

REYNOLDS, J. W. 1993. On some earthworms from Swaziland (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae, Megascolecidae, Microchaetidae and Octochaetidae). Megadrilogica 5 (1): 1 - 8.

ZICSI, A. 1998. Neue und seltene terrestrische Oligochaeten aus Sudafrika. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 95: 59 - 77.