Chilota Michaelsen, 1899 emend. Pickford, 1937

Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta, 2007, New species of South African acanthodriline earthworms of the genera Eodriloides and Chilota, with a redescription of Chilota quindecimus (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae), African Invertebrates 48 (2), pp. 33-40 : 35-36

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7910240
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scientific name	Chilota Michaelsen, 1899 emend. Pickford, 1937
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Genus Chilota Michaelsen, 1899 emend. Pickford, 1937 View in CoL

Chilota: Michaelsen 1899: 237 View in CoL ; Pickford 1937: 437.

Diagnosis: Male reproductive organs acanthodriline. Proandric. Excretory system vesiculate. Prostatic pores and male pores ventrolaterally, not approximating towards the middle-ventral line. Male pores paired, in 18. Two pairs of spermathecae; spermatheca with one or more, variable shaped diverticulum. Commencement of intestine variable:

in 15, or 16, or 17. Gizzard in 5 or 6, developed variably: well-developed, moderate, or rudimentary. Last pair of lateral hearts in 12 or 13.