Parachilota wittebergensis Pickford, 1937

Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta, 2012, An annotated checklist of the South African Acanthodrilidae (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae: Acanthodrilinae, Benhamiinae), Zootaxa 3458, pp. 4-58 : 44

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.282224
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5B915EB8-8E2A-4E32-AF91-3D4CD890989A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6171428
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F54361-FF90-FFA7-E68B-D6B8B83B6CE0
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Parachilota wittebergensis Pickford, 1937
status

Treatment

Parachilota wittebergensis Pickford, 1937 View in CoL

Parachilota wittebergensis Pickford, 1937: 313 View in CoL .

Parachilota wittebergensis: Zicsi 1998: 64 View in CoL ; SAMC; HNHM; NMSAD.

Chilota laeviseta sensu Pickford 1927: 448 —not Ch. laeviseta Michaelsen, 1913a: 501 . Parachilota wittenbergensis [printing error for wittebergensis View in CoL ]: Reynolds & Cook 1976: 190.

Type locality. WC, Witteberg Mts, Avoca Farm, bank of the stream by Helen's Pool at the foot of the waterfall.

Distribution. Species known from distant sites in three provinces. In Drakensberg mountain range in WC: Wittberg Mts; KZN: Summit of Mont-aux-Sources, on the KZN-Lesotho border. KZN midlands: Karkloof Nature Reserve (erroneus collection data in Zicsi (1998: 64) as ‘Naturschutzgebiet Entumeni’). EC: Hogsback, Auckland Forest at eastern foot-hills of Drakensberg; and in coastal-belt in south-easter part of province, the Tsitsikamma National Park.

Remarks. Paratype SAMC A20616. Other material HNHM AF/2514; AMSA (no Accesion number); NMSA/ Olig.00232. Reynolds & Cook (1976) indicate type location in BMNH 1938.7.1.1239, not confirmed here.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Annelida
Class	Clitellata
SubClass	Oligochaeta
Order	Crassiclitellata
Family	Acanthodrilidae
Genus	Parachilota