Parascolex rosae ( Michaelsen, 1891 )

Csuzdi, Cs., Sherlock, E., Kouete, M. Talla & Doherty-Bone, T. M., 2015, Four new earthworm species from the highlands of Cameroon with description of a new genus Okudrilus gen. n. (Oligochaeta: Eudrilidae & Acanthodrilidae), African Invertebrates 56 (1), pp. 25-38 : 33-34

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.056.0103
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7649948
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scientific name	Parascolex rosae ( Michaelsen, 1891 )
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Parascolex rosae ( Michaelsen, 1891) View in CoL

Paradrilus rosae Michaelsen, 1891: 26 View in CoL ; Rosa 1891: 389; Michaelsen 1897: 48.

Parascolex rosae: Michaelsen 1900: 408 View in CoL ; 1903: 166; Sims 1987: 387.

Material examined: CAMEROON: South-West Region, Nyasoso and adjacent forest, Mount Kupe , 868–2064m, unknown datum, S. Echalle ( NHM 2013.445 - 446 2 preadult fragment), Ndikiniméki, Central Region, 797 m, 20.xi.2008, T. Doherty-Bone ( NHM 2013.447 1 ex.) .

Remarks: Parascolex rosae is one of the largest eudrilid species, measuring up to 470mm. It is quite common in Western Cameroon reported from Barombi, Buea, Kita, Moundamé (Mundame), Victoria (Limbe), and also from Bioko, Equatorial Guinea (Michaelsen 1900, 1903; Rosa 1891).