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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

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 Moniligastridae
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Family Moniligastridae

1. Drawida agricola Stephenson, 1925

Drawida agricola Stephenson, 1925: 53 –54.

T. Taliparamba (12.037ºN, 75.359o E), India GoogleMaps . 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. GoogleMaps

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. GoogleMaps

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. GoogleMaps

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 View Materials /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. GoogleMaps

6. Drawida grandis ( Bourne, 1886)

Moniligaster grandis Bourne, 1886: 671 View in CoL .

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. GoogleMaps

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. GoogleMaps

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

T. Calicut ( Kozhikode) (11.258o N, 75.780o E) GoogleMaps , 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 GoogleMaps . 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. GoogleMaps

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. GoogleMaps

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. GoogleMaps

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. GoogleMaps

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. GoogleMaps

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. GoogleMaps

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) View in CoL .

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. GoogleMaps

Aiyer, K. S. P. (1929) An account of the Oligochaeta of Travancore. Records of the Indian Museum, 31 (1), 13 - 76.

Blakemore, R. J. (2007) Checklist of 505 earthworms species from India, Sri Lanka and the adjacent regions (excluding Myanmar) compiled from various sources [e. g. Stephenson (1923), Gates (1972), Julka (1988) etc.]. In: Blakemore, R. J. (2008) (Ed.), A series of searchable texts on earthworm biodiversity, ecology and systematic from various regions of the world - 3 rd Ed. Available from: http // www. annelida. net / earthworm (accessed 25 September 2015)

Bourne, A. G. (1886) On Indian earthworms - part I. preliminary notice of earthworms from the Nilgiris and Shevaroys. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London, 662 - 672.

Bourne, A. G. (1894) On Moniligaster grandis, A. G. B., from the Nilgiris, S. India; together with descriptions of other species of the genus Moniligaster. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 36, 307 - 384.

ElAmmari, N. E., Nair, G. A. & Vijayamohanan, T. G. (2015) Comparative study of the earthworm resources of Benghazi, Libya, a Chapparal biome, and Kollam district, Kerala, India, a tropical humid biome. Journal of Global Biosciences, 4 (2), 1412 - 1429.

Gates, G. E. (1940) Indian earthworms XIII. The genus Moniligaster. Records of the Indian Museum, 42, 487 - 518.

Gates, G. E. (1945 a) On some Indian earthworms II. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Bengal 11, 54 - 91.

Gates, G. E. (1965) On peregrine species ofthe Moniligastrid earthworm genus Drawida Michaelsen, 1900. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 8, 85 - 93.

Julka, J. M. & Chandra, M. (1986) On a small collection of earthworms and leeches (Annelida) from the Silent Valley, Kerala, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 84 (1 - 4), 165 - 171.

Kathireswari, P., Jeyaraaj, R. & Jeyraaj, A. (2005) Distribution and diversity of earthworm resources in Kanjikode, Palakkad district, Kerala state, India. Pollution Research, 24, 117 - 120.

Michaelsen, W. (1900) Das Tierreich 10: Vermes, Oligochaeta. Friedlander & Sohn, Berlin, 575 pp.

Michaelsen, W. (1907) Neue Oligochaten von Vorderindien, Ceylon, Birma und den Andaman-Inseln. Jahrbuch der hamburgischen wissenschaftlichen Anstalten, 24, 143 - 188.

Michaelsen, W. (1910) Die Oligochaten fauna der vorderindisch-ceylonischen region. Abdruck Verhandelingen der Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Hamburg, 19 (5), 1 - 108.

Michaelsen, W. (1913) Oligochaten von Travancore und Bomeo. Jahrbuch der hamburgischen wissenschaftlichen Anstalten, 30, 73 - 92.

Mohan, M., Chandran, M. S. S. & Ramasamy, E. V. (2011) Vulnerable earthworm species identified from Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. International Journal of Zoological Research, 7 (6), 410 - 413.

Nair, K. V., Manazhy, J., Manazhy, A. & Reynolds, J. W. (2007) Earthworm (Annelida: Oligochaeta) fauna of Kerala, India: 1. some species from Thiruvananthapuram corporation. Megadrilogica, 11 (8), 85 - 90.

Narayanan, S. P., Sathrumithra, S., Kuriakose, D., Christopher, G., Thomas, A. P. & Julka, J. M. (2014 b) Earthworms (Oligochaeta: Megadrile) from the Mahatma Gandhi University campus, Kottayam, Kerala. Malabar Trogon, 12 (1 - 3), 2 - 9.

Perrier, E. (1872) Recherche pour servir a l'historie des Lombriciens terrestres. Nouvelles Archives du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, 8, 5 - 198.

Stephenson, J. (1915) On some Indian Oligochaeta, mainly from Southern India and Ceylon. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 6, 35 - 108.

Stephenson, J. (1920) On a collection of Oligochaeta from lesser parts of known parts of India and Eastern Persia. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 7 (3), 191 - 261.

Stephenson, J. (1923) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma - Oligochaeta. Taylor and Francis, London, 518 pp.

Stephenson, J. (1925) On some Oligochaeta mainly from Assam, South India, and the Andaman Islands. Records of the Indian Museum, 27, 54 - 73.

ZSIC

Zoological Survey of India

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Clitellata

SubClass

Oligochaeta

Order

Haplotaxida

Family

Moniligastridae

Genus

Drawida

Specimens