Geogenia benhami (Rosa, 1891) Rosa, 1891

Jadwiga Danuta Plisko, 2006, A systematic reassessment of the genus Microchaetus Rapp, 1849: its amended definition, reinstatement of Geogenia Kinberg, 1867, and erection of a new genus Kazimierzus (Oligochaeta: Microchaetidae), African Invertebrates 47 (1), pp. 31-56 : 43

Geogenia benhami (Rosa, 1891) , comb. n.

Microchaeta Benhami : Rosa 1891: 382.

Microchaeta benhami: Beddard 1895: 673 .

Microchaetus benhami: Michaelsen 1891: 382 ; 1900: 451; 1913 a: 538; 1913 b: 61; 1918: 316; Pickford 1975: 2; Reynolds & Cook 1976: 77; Plisko 1992: 339; 1993 b: 235; 1995 b: 46.

This species is known from numerous sites, all in Stellenbosch district, Western Cape. Described from an unknown locality by Rosa (1891), reported by Michaelsen (1913 a, b) and Pickford (1975) from garden soil in Stellenbosch. Two recently collected adult specimens (NMSA/Olig.03925), and verbal information from Frana Fourie (University of Stellenbosch), confirm a large population of this species near a local dam in Papegaaiberg close to Stellenbosch. It is noteworthy that benhami is morphologically close to mkuzi (Plisko 1992) , which occurs in natural sites in northern KwaZulu-Natal (Plisko 1992, 1998, 2003).