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Issue: Vol. 4496 No. 1: 5 Oct. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-10-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4496.1.17
Page range: 214–217
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 1

The first proandric species of Tritogenia Kinberg, 1867 from Botswana, Tritogenia talana sp.n. (Clitellata, Crassiclitellata, Tritogeniidae)

KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Private Bag 9070, Pietermaritzburg, 3200, South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Private Bag 9070, Pietermaritzburg, 3200, South Africa School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg campus, 3209, South Africa
Department of Agricultural Research, Private Bag 0033, Gaborone, Botswana
Annelida Earthworms megadrile proandric Botswana Tuli Block Southern Africa

Abstract

The earthworm fauna of Botswana is hitherto unknown. A first collecting trip to the regions of Chobe and Tuli Block resulted in the discovery of a new species, Tritogenia talana sp.n. Its reproductive organs show some level of degeneration when compared to other species of Tritogenia. The spermathecae were not observed, testes and sperm funnels are in proandric condition and seminal vesicles are absent. This is the first record of an earthworm species from Botswana.

 

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