Eodrilus ilsleianus, (Pickford, 1927)

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

Eodriloides ilsleianus ( Pickford, 1927)

Acanthodrilus ilsleianus Pickford, 1927: 442 .

Acanthodrilus ilsleianus : ZMH; BMNH.

Microscolex lussae [lapsus for luisae ] Michaelsen, 1899 (part.); Pickford 1927: 442. Eodrilus ilsleianus: Pickford 1937: 164 ; Reynolds & Cook 1976: 116; BMNH; SAMC. Microscolex luisae : [from Michaelsen syntype collection] Pickford 1937: 164. not Microscolex luisae Michaelsen, 1899a .

Eodriloides ilsleianus : Zicsi 1998: 62; Plisko 2006: 58; NMSAD.

Type locality. EC, Port Elizabeth, Essex Vale, Baakens river, bank of wooded backwater.

Distribution. This species is known from few distant areas, all in the coastal-belt of the Western and Eastern Cape provinces. EC: Port Elizabeth vicinity (two sites). WC: Knysna Forest, near Deep Walls. Witte Fontein, Knysna-Avontuur Road, at stream bank. Belvedere, Knysna, in bank of the pond near beach. George, the Wilderness in the woods sloping down.

Remarks. ‘Types’ BMNH 1938. 7.1.713–760 ‘Housed together in one jar with others of same number’. Syntype: SAMC A21719 ; NMSA/Olig.03002; ZMH V-10452. Pickford (1937: 164) transferred one immature syntype specimen of Microscolex luisae Michaelsen 1899 to this species.