Eodrilus arundinis, (Beddard, 1897)

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Eodriloides arundinis ( Beddard, 1897)

Acanthodrilus arundinis Beddard, 1897: 339 .

Acanthodrilus arundinis: Reynolds & Cook 1976: 72 ; BMNH. Acanthodrilus arenarius Beddard, 1897: 339 .

Acanthodrilus arenarius: Reynolds & Cook 1976: 72 ; BMNH. Acanthodrilus falcatus Beddard, 1897: 341 .

Acanthodrilus falcatus: Reynolds & Cook 1976: 100 ; BMNH. Notiodrilus arundinis: Michaelsen 1900: 132 .

Notiodrilus arenarius: Michaelsen 1900: 132 .

Notiodrilus falcatus: Michaelsen 1900: 133 .

M (icroscolex) N (otiodrlius) arundinis : Michaelsen 1905: 30.? Eodrilus (? Microscolex ) arundinis: Michaelsen 1907a: 141 .? M(icroscolex) arenarius [lapsus pro arundinis ]: Michaelsen 1907a: 143. Eodrilus arenarius: Michaelsen 1907a: 143 .

? Eodrilus (? Microscolex ) falcatus: Michaelsen 1907a: 143 . Eodrilus arundinis: Pickford 1937: 133 ; SAMC; BMNH. Eodriloides arundinis : Zicsi 1998: 62.

Type locality. WC, Cape Peninsula, ‘in neighbourhood of Cape Town’… ‘in and under loose clods of dead sedges on edge of water’ ( Beddard 1897: 336 & 339).

Distribution. Species known from twenty localities, (30 samples from variable biotopes). All from the Cape Peninsula and its close vicinity. Recorded as ‘ falcatus ’ from Cape Flats area – few samples; as A. arenarius : ‘in wet sand under stones… at the beginning of the sand-dunes, east from Wynberg station’; as E. arundinis from Cape Flats area: Ronde Vlei near Zeekoe Vlei and Retreat Station; Wynberg Station; Lakeside Vlei; Muizenberg Flats; Riet Farm. Fish Hoek. Hout Bay valley. Hout Bay near Louw's Farm. Alderman's Farm. Firgrove, near Somerset West.

Remarks. ‘Type’ BMNH 1904 10.5.823. Other material: BMNH 1938.7.1.300–394, 1938.7.1.216–229, 1938.7.1.395–416; SAMC A21712 . Type material of A. arenarius Beddard : BMNH 1904.10.5.812–820. Type material of A. falcatus Beddard : BMNH 1904.10.5.852–856. Reynolds & Cook's (1976) information on arundinis type material (‘ZMUH 7833–4) is not confirmed here.