Afrogaster africana ( OMODEO, 1955 )

Csuzdi, C. S., 2010, Review Of The Paleotropical Neogastrini Earthworms (Oligochaeta, Acanthodrilidae: Benhamiinae) With Description Of Two New Genera, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 56 (2), pp. 103-118 : 108

Afrogaster africana ( OMODEO, 1955)

Neogaster africana OMODEO, 1955: 8 , OMODEO 1958: 24.

Wegeneriella africana : JAMIESON 1974: 74, OMODEO 2000: 194.

Pickfordia (Omodeoscolex) africana : CSUZDI 1993: 67, CSUZDI 1995: 117, CSUZDI 1996: 362.

Diagnosis. Length: 14.5 mm, Diameter: 0.6 mm. No. segments: 80. Colour pale. Head epilobous, first dorsal pore 5/6. Spermathecal pores 6/7–8/9 a. Clitellum circular on 13–20. f 14? m 18. Genital field oblong, prostatic pores 17, 19.

All septa membranous. Muscular gizzard lacking. Calciferous glands 14–15, open through a common duct in 14. Last pair of hearts 12. Typhlosole vestigial. Excretory system holoic.

Testes 10, 11 free. Vesicles lacking. Prostates 17, 19 small. Penial setae dimorph. Larger seta L. 0.5 mm, D. 0.003 mm, tip spoon-shaped, ornamentation small teeth. Smaller seta L. 0.4 mm, D. 0.004 mm, tip spoon-shaped, ornamentation small teeth. Spermathecae sac-shaped duct short hardly detached from the ampoule, diverticulum lacking.

Distribution – Guinea.