Acanthodrilidae

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 : 123

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24. Argilophilus timidus ( Cognetti, 1911)

Plutellus timidus Cognetti, 1911: 497 –498.

Argilophilus timidus (Cognetti) . Blakemore 2007: 29.

T. Muvattupuzha (9.967o N, 76.583o E), India. D. Dist. Ernakulam: Muvattupuzha ( Cognetti 1911); Kerala endemic. R. Only known from the type locality. GoogleMaps

25. Argilophilus variabilis ( Aiyer, 1929)

Plutellus variabilis Aiyer, 1929: 51 –53.

Argilophilus variablilis (Aiyer) . Blakemore. 2007: 29.

T. Vembayam (8.639o N, 76.936o E), India. D. Dist. Idukki: Kumily ( Aiyer 1929), Peermade (Peerumedu) ( Aiyer 1929); Dist. Kottayam: Kottayam ( Aiyer 1929); Dist. Kollam: Achankovil ( ElAmmari et al. 2015), Chithara ( ElAmmari et al. 2015), Oachira ( ElAmmari et al. 2015), Tenmalai (Thenmala) ( Aiyer 1929); Dist. Thiruvananthapuram: Vembayam ( Aiyer 1929); near endemic.

26. Pontodrilus litoralis ( Grube, 1855)

Lumbricus littoralis Grube, 1855: 127 .

Pontodrilus bermudensis Beddard, 1891: 96 .

Cryptodrilus insularis Rosa, 1891: 387 .

Pontodrilus michaelseni Eisen 1895: 73 .

Pontodrilus laccadivensis Beddard, 1903:374 .

Further synonymies in Gates (1972), Blakemore (2012).

T. Villa Franca of French Riviera (43.12o N, 6.92o E) GoogleMaps , France. D. Dist . Kannur: Thekkumbad Koolom Thayakavu ( Narayanan et al. 2014a); Dist. Thiruvananthapuram: Kovilam (Kovalam) ( Aiyer 1929); exotic.

References

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

Beddard, F. E. (1891) Observations upon the structure of Oligochaeta belonging to the Limicolinae Section. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 36, 1 - 18.

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)

Blakemore, R. J. (2012) Cosmopolitan Earthworms - an Eco-Taxonomic Guide to the Peregrine Species of the World. (5 th Edn.). VermEcology Solutions, Yokohama, Japan. pp. 850 + 350 Figs. & Internet links.

Cognetti, D. (1911) A contribution to our knowledge of the Oligochaeta of Travancore. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 7, 494 - 506.

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. (1972) Burmese earthworms, an introduction to the systematic and biology of the megadrile oligochaetes with special reference to southeast Asia. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 62 (7), 1 - 326.

Grube, E. (1855) Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 21, 81 - 136.

Narayanan, S. P., Sathrumithra, S., Kuriakose, D., Christopher, G., Thomas, A. P. & Julka, J. M. (2014 a) Second record of Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855) (Annelida: Oligochaeta) from Kerala state, India. Journal of Global Bioscience, 3 (2), 473 - 476.

Rosa, D. (1891) Die exotischen Terricolen des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Annalen des (K. K.) Naturhistorischen (Hof Museums Wein), 6, 379 - 406.