Microscolex drygalskii subsp. castelli, (Michaelsen, 1913)

Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta, 2012, An annotated checklist of the South African Acanthodrilidae (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae: Acanthodrilinae, Benhamiinae), Zootaxa 3458, pp. 4-58 : 19-20

Eodriloides drygalskii castelli (Michaelsen, 1913)

Acanthodrilus (Eodrilus) drygalskii var. castelli: Michaelsen 1913a: 494 .

Acanthodrilus drygalskii castelli : ZMH.

Eodrilus drygalskii var. castelli: Michaelsen 1913b: 48 ; Reynolds & Cook 1976: 86. Eodrilus drygalskii castelli Pickford, 1937: 156 ; BMNH.

Eodrilus drygalskii drygalskii trans. ad castelli: Pickford, 1937: 157; BMNH.

Type locality. WC, Cape Peninsula, Table Mtn, Kasteels Poort Gorge.

Distribution. This subspecies and its variable forms occur in the Cape Peninsula’s Table Mtn, and its close vicinity: Table Mtn northern slope; Oudekraal, near Camps Bay, bank of the stream. Paradise Estate near Kirstenbosch, oak-woods. Orange Kloof. Constantia Berg: bog in the valley above the waterfall of Prince Kasteel river; hillside leading up to Constantia Peak, above the waterfall; hillside above Lakeside, dry white sandy soil. Silvermine Valley, at bank of stream above the waterfall, at ca. 240 m asl. Chapman's Peak Road, hillside below the road, under stones. Stream half-way between Kommetjie and Witsands (castings abundant). Roadside about 1.5 km north of Witsands, under stones and sandy soil.

Remarks. Pickford (1937: 157) gave Michaelsen’s variety castelli sub-species rank. Syntypes ZMH V-7479, V-7846. Other material: BMNH 1938.7.1.634, 1938.7.1.652–665, 1938.7.1.666–691, 1938.7.1.692–712; SAMC A21717 .