Moniligastridae, Claus, 1880

Blakemore, Robert J., Lee, Seunghan & Seo, Hong-Yul, 2014, Reports of Drawida (Oligochaeta: Moniligastridae) from far East Asia, Journal of Species Research 3 (2), pp. 127-166 : 128

Key to Moniligastridae

(from Gates, 1972; Blakemore, 2012b)

1. Female pores at or just behind 13/14, ovaries in 13 ···· ················································································ 2 Female pores and ovaries more anteriorly ··············· 3 2. Male pores at 11/12 and 12/13 ·············· Desmogaster Male pores at 11/12 only ····················· Hastirogaster 3. Female pores at or just behind 12/13, ovaries in 12 ···· ····························································· Eupolygaster Female pores at or just behind 11/12, ovaries in 11 ···· ················································································ 4 4. Y-shaped glands on spermathecal atria ······················ ·································································· Moniligaster Y-shaped branched glands lacking ·············· Drawida Originally masculine gender, Easton (1984: 111) explains how genus Drawida should be treated as feminine for adjectival species name agreement. Michaelsen (1900), Stephenson (1923) and Gates (1972) provide limited keys to endemic species; Blakemore (2012b) fully describes all the dozen or so global exotics.