Shimodrilus, Julka, J. M., Blanchart, Eric & Chapuis-Lardy, Lydie, 2004

Julka, J. M., Blanchart, Eric & Chapuis-Lardy, Lydie, 2004, New genera and new species of earthworms (Oligochaeta: Octochaetidae) from Western Ghats, South India, Zootaxa 486, pp. 1-27 : 11

Key for identification of species of Shimodrilus gen. nov.

1 Spermathecal pores on segment 8 about midway between setal arc and furrow 7/8 or just anterior to setal arc; copulatory setae present; vas deferens discharge on to body surface through a pear­shaped muscular body .......... Shimodrilus bhatkalensis sp. nov.

­ Spermathecal pores on segment 8 just behind furrow 7/8; copulatory setae absent; vas deferens discharge directly on to body surface ............ Shimodrilus karniensis sp. nov.