Moniligastridae

Narayanan, S. Prasanth, Sathrumithra, S., Christopher, G., Thomas, A. P. & Julka, J. M., 2016, Checklist of the earthworms (Oligochaeta) of Kerala, a constituent of Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India, Zootaxa 4193 (1), pp. 117-137 : 120-122

Family Moniligastridae

1. Drawida agricola Stephenson, 1925

Drawida agricola Stephenson, 1925: 53 –54.

T. Taliparamba (12.037ºN, 75.359o E), India . D. Dist. Kannur: Taliparamba ( Stephenson, 1925); Kerala endemic. R. Only known from the original description.

2. Drawida brunnea Stephenson, 1915

Drawida brunnea Stephenson, 1915: 51 –52.

T. Parambikulam (10.383o N, 76.708o E), India. D. Dist. Palakkad: Parambikulam ( Stephenson 1915); Kerala endemic. R. Only known from the original description.

3. Drawida chalakudiana Stephenson, 1915

Drawida chalakudiana Stephenson, 1915: 54 –57.

T. Chalakudi (Chalakudy) (10.3o N, E 76.33o E), India. D. Dist. Thrissur: Chalakudi ( Stephenson 1915); Kerala endemic. R. Only known from the original description.

4. Drawida circumpapillata Aiyer, 1929

Drawida circumpapillatus Aiyer, 1929: 50 –51.

T. Nedumangad (8.603o N, 77.002o E), India. D. Dist. Thiruvananthapuram: Nedumangad ( Aiyer 1929), Vembayam ( Aiyer 1929); Kerala endemic. R. Only known from the original description.

5. Drawida ghatensis Michaelsen, 1910

Drawida ghatensis Michaelsen, 1910: 52 –54; Stephenson 1915: 49; Aiyer 1929: 48.

T. Tenmalai (Thenmala) (8.95o N, 77.06o E), India; Types: ZSIC 4166 /7 ( ZSIC catalogue). D. Dist. Palakkad: Road to Valiyaparathodu (Silent Valley National Park) ( Julka & Chandra 1986); Dist. Thrissur: Kavalai in Forest Tramway ( Stephenson 1915); Dist. Kottayam: Athirampuzha ( Narayanan et al. 2014b), Kottayam ( Michaelsen 1910); Dist. Pathanamthitta: Thiruvella (Thiruvalla) ( Aiyer 1929); Dist. Kollam: Kulattupuzha (Kulathupuzha) ( Michaelsen 1910), Maddathoray (Madathara) ( Michaelsen 1910), Tenmalai (Thenmala) ( Michaelsen 1910); Dist. Thiruvananthapuram: Bonaccord (Bonacaud, Bonakkad) ( Michaelsen 1913), Mukkunni Reserve Forest ( Aiyer 1929), Ponmudi ( Michaelsen 1913); Kerala endemic.

6. Drawida grandis ( Bourne, 1886)

Moniligaster grandis Bourne, 1886: 671 .

Drawida grandis (Bourne) . Michaelsen 1900: 117; Julka & Chandra 1986: 167. T. Nilgiris (11.40o N, 76.70o E), India. D. Dist. Palakkad: Kanjikode ( Kathireswari et al. 2005), Mukkali ( Julka & Chandra 1986), Silent Valley National Park ( Julka & Chandra 1986; Mohan et al. 2011); near endemic.

7. Drawida impertusa Stephenson, 1920

Drawida barwelli var. impertusus Stephenson, 1920: 200 –202; Aiyer 1929: 47.

Drawida impertusa Stephenson. Gates 1965: 87 .

T. Bombay (now Mumbai) (18.975o N, 72.825o E), India. D. Dist. Palakkad: Kanjikode ( Kathireswari et al. 2005); Dist. Idukki: Vandiperiyar ( Aiyer 1929); Dist. Alappuzha: Kerumaadi (Karumadi) ( Michaelsen 1910); Dist. Pathanamthitta: Thiruvella (Thiruvalla) ( Aiyer 1929); native peregrine.

8. Drawida lennora Gates, 1945

Drawida lennora Gates, 1945a: 67 .

T. Kurnool, (15.83o N, 78.05o E), India. D. Dist. Palakkad: Kanjikode ( Kathireswari et al. 2005); native peregrine.

9. Drawida matthaii Michaelsen, 1910 Drawida matthaii Michaelsen, 1910: 47 –48.

T. Calicut ( Kozhikode) (11.258o N, 75.780o E) , India. D. Dist . Kozhikode: Calicut ( Kozhikode) ( Michaelsen 1910); Kerala endemic.

10. Drawida nilamburensis ( Bourne, 1894)

Moniligaster nilamburensis Bourne, 1894: 362 –363.

Drawida nilamburensis (Bourne) . Michaelsen 1900: 117.

T. Nilambur (11.276o N, 76.225o E), India . D. Dist. Malappuram: Nilambur ( Bourne 1894); Kerala endemic. R. Only known from the original description. Blakemore (2007) has located Nilambur in Southeast India while in fact it is in Kerala (Southwest India) .

11. Drawida parambikulamana Stephenson, 1915

Drawida parambikulamana Stephenson, 1915: 53 –54.

T. Parambikulam (10.383o N, 76.708o E), India. D. Dist. Palakkad: Parambikulam ( Stephenson 1915); Kerala endemic.

12. Drawida parva ( Bourne, 1894)

Moniligaster parva Bourne, 1894: 371 –372.

Drawida parva (Bourne) . Michaelsen 1900: 118.

T. Ootacamund (now Udhagamandalam) (11.41o N, 76.7o E), India. D. Dist. Palakkad: Silent Valley National Park ( Mohan et al. 2011). R. Near endemic.

13. Drawida pellucida pellucida ( Bourne, 1894)

Moniligaster pellucida Bourne, 1894: 363 .

Drawida pellucida (Bourne) . Michaelsen 1900: 118.

Drawida pellucida f. typica (Bourne). Michaelsen 1910: 48; Stephenson 1923: 150; Aiyer 1929: 48. Drawida pellucida pellucida (Bourne) . Blakemore 2007: 7.

T. Ootacamund (now Udhagamandalam) (11.41o N, 76.7o E), India. D. Dist. Kollam: Chadayamangalam ( ElAmmari et al. 2015), Kottarakkara ( ElAmmari et al. 2015), Yeroor ( ElAmmari et al. 2015); Dist. Thiruvananthapuram: Ponmudi ( Aiyer 1929); native peregrine.

14. Drawida robusta cochinensis Stephenson, 1925

Drawida robusta var. cochinensis Stephenson, 1925: 52 –53.

Drawida robusta cochinensis Stephenson. Blakemore 2007: 8 .

T. Chalakudi (Chalakudy) (10.3o N, 76.33o E), India. D. Dist. Thrissur: Chalakudi (Chalakudy) ( Stephenson 1925), Kavalai ( Stephenson 1925); Kerala endemic. R. Only known from the original description.

15. Drawida sulcata Michaelsen, 1907

Drawida sulcata Michaelsen, 1907: 144 .

T. Coonoor (11.35o N, 76.82o E), India. D. Dist. Palakkad: Silent Valley National Park ( Mohan et al. 2011); native peregrine.

16. Drawida travancorensis Michaelsen, 1910

Drawida travancorensis Michaelsen, 1910: 46 –47; Aiyer 1929: 49.

T. Kottayam (9.58o N, 76.52E), India. D. Dist. Kottayam: Kottayam ( Michaelsen 1910); Dist. Kollam: Tenmalai (Thenmala) ( Aiyer 1929); Dist. Thiruvananthapuram: Vattiyoorkavu ( Nair et al. 2007), Vembayam ( Aiyer 1929); Kerala endemic.

17. Moniligaster aiyeri Gates, 1940

Moniligaster aiyeri Gates, 1940: 493 –495.

T. Muthukkuzhi (somewhere in Kerala-Tamil Nadu border), India. D. Dist. Thiruvananthapuram: Muthukkuzhi ( Gates 1940); Kerala endemic. R. Only known from the original description.

18. Moniligaster deshayesi Perrier, 1872 Moniligaster deshayesi Perrier, 1872: 130 .

Moniligaster deshayesi var. minor Michaelsen, 1913: 78 ; Aiyer 1929: 44; Gates 1940: 504.

T. Unknown; Types: Paris Museum ( Gates 1940). D. Dist. Kollam: Tenmalai (Thenmala) ( Aiyer 1929; Gates 1940); Dist. Thiruvananthapuram: Bonaccord (Bonacaud, Bonakkad) ( Michaelsen 1913), Chimungi (Chemmunji) ( Michaelsen 1913), Neduvangand (Nedumangad) ( Michaelsen 1910); near endemic; Kerala endemic. R. Specimens described from Parambikulam (in Kerala) by Stephenson (1915) do not belong to Moniligaster deshayesi ( Gates 1940) .

19. Moniligaster gravelyi Stephenson, 1915

Moniligaster deshayesi var. gravelyi Stephenson, 1915: 59 –61.

Moniligaster gravelyi Stephenson. Gates 1940: 504 .

T. Trichur (Thrissur) (10.52o N, 76.21o E), India. D. Dist. Thrissur: Kavalai ( Stephenson 1925), Trichur (Thrissur) ( Stephenson 1915); Kerala endemic. R. Only known from the original description.