Genus Heteroporodrilus Jamieson, 1970

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• Heteroporodrilus Jamieson, B.G.M. 1970. A revision of the Australian earthworm genus Woodwardiella with descriptions of two new genera (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta). Journal of Zoology, London 162(1): 99-144 [106-108].

  Type species:

   Cryptodrilus tryoni Fletcher, 1890 (=Heteroporodrilus tryoni (Fletcher, 1890)) by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD) ; Qld: Channel Country (CHC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) ; SA: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Diagnosis

Prostomium pro-epilobous to tanylobous. Setae 8 per segment. Dorsal pore from 5/6 or posteriorly. Combined male and prostatic pores a pair on XVIII. Racemose to tubuloracemose prostates. Spermathecal pores 2-5 pairs, in or shortly behind the intersegments. Nephropores conspicuous at the anterior border of their segments with a complex alternation from d to b lines. Gizzard in V. Calciferous glands, 3-5 ventro-lateral pairs sessile or on short-stalks (i.e. about as long as broad) on the oesophagus, the last pair always in XIII. Holonephric with (adiverticulate but sometimes bilobed) terminal bladders. Holandric, testis and funnels free or in unpaired (pericardiac) testis sacs. Prostates tubuloracemose to racemose. Spermathecae with one or more, uniloculate or, rarely, complex diverticula.

General References

Blakemore, R. J. 1994. Earthworms of south-east Queensland and their agronomic potential in brigalow soils. Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Queensland.

Jamieson, B.G.M. 2000. Native Earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae, Megascolecinae). Enfield, New Hampshire, USA : Science Publishers, Inc. [CD ROM] 2506 pp. [Date published 12 December 2000] [745]

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