Genus Hiatidrilus Jamieson, 1994

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hiatidrilus Jamieson, B.G.M. 1994. Some earthworms from the wet tropics and from Bunya mountains, Queensland (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 37(1): 157-181 [173-174].

  Type species:

   Diporochaeta bunya Jamieson, 1976 (=Hiatidrilus bunya (Jamieson, 1976)) by original designation.
• Sebastianus Blakemore, R.J. 1997. Two new genera and some new species of Australian earthworms (Acanthodrilidae, Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta). Journal of Natural History 31(12): 1785-1848 [1804-1805].
• Zacharius Blakemore, R.J. 1997. Two new genera and some new species of Australian earthworms (Acanthodrilidae, Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta). Journal of Natural History 31(12): 1785-1848 [1811-1812].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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] [818] (synonymised both Sebastianus Blakemore, 1997 and Zacharius Blakemore, 1997 under Hiatidrilus)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

Diagnosis

Setae 8 per segment. Male pores in XVIII. Genital markings present. Spermathecal pores 2 pairs, the last at anterior limit of IX. Gizzard in V. Oesophageal visualisation in the vicinity of the hearts, usually with development of extramural calciferous glands in XI and XII. Intestine commencing in XIV, XV or XVI. Nephridia stomate holonephridia, with or without bladder-like ducts, in straight rows. Holandric or metandric. Ovaries in XIII. Prostates coiled tubular (or tubuloracemose?). Penial setae present (or absent?). Spermathecae each with 1 or 2 sometimes biloculate diverticula.

Diagnosis References

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] [818]

General References

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] [818]

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