Microscolex luisae (Michaelsen, 1899)

Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta, 2012, An annotated checklist of the South African Acanthodrilidae (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae: Acanthodrilinae, Benhamiinae), Zootaxa 3458, pp. 4-58 : 23-24

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.282224
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6171180
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scientific name	Microscolex luisae (Michaelsen, 1899)
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Microscolex luisae (Michaelsen, 1899) View in CoL

Notiodrilus Luisae Michaelsen, 1899a: 99 View in CoL .

Microscolex Luisae View in CoL : Michaelsen 1900: 133, 1907a: 143, 1913a: 496.

Microscolex lussae [printing error for luisae View in CoL ]: Pickford 1927: 442.

Microscolex luisae: Pickford 1937: 425 View in CoL ; Reynolds & Cook 1976: 130; Zicsi 1998: 70; BMNH; SAMC.

Type locality. RSA, EC: Port Elizabeth (Michaelsen, 1899).

Distribution. WC: Knysna Forest, Garden of Eden in rotting wood near stream. The Wilderness. George area in damp soil. Tsitsikama National Park, forest. Jonkershook, bank of stream, black soil. EC: Storms River, forest. Remarks. Type material not found. SAMC A21710 View Materials ; BMNH 1938.7.1.1761–71. This is the only species of this genus endemic to South Africa. Recorded from a few distant sites in the Eastern and Western Cape provinces.