Pickfordia hemibalantina OMODEO, 1958

Csuzdi, C. S., 2010, Review Of The Paleotropical Neogastrini Earthworms (Oligochaeta, Acanthodrilidae: Benhamiinae) With Description Of Two New Genera, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 56 (2), pp. 103-118 : 110

Pickfordia hemibalantina OMODEO, 1958

Pickfordia hemibalantina OMODEO, 1958: 36 , OMODEO 2000: 194.

Pickfordia (Pickfordia) hemibalantina : CSUZDI 1993: 67, CSUZDI 1995: 117, CSUZDI 1996: 363.

Diagnosis. L. 12 mm, D. 0.8 mm. No. segments 98. Colour pale. Head epilobous, first dorsal pore 5/6. Spermathecal pores 7/8, 8/9 ab. Clitellum lacking (immature). f 14, paired in between setae a–a. m? Genital field lacking, prostatic pores 19.

Septa 10/11–12/13 somewhat thickened. Muscular gizzard lacking. Calciferous glands 14–15. Last pair of hearts 12. Typhlosole vestigial. Excretory system holoic.

Testes 10, 11 free. Vesicles 11, 12. Prostates 19. Penial setae uniform, L. 0.78 mm, D. 0.018 mm, tip slightly bent, ornamentation serrated bars. Spermathecae elongated sac-shaped with a reclinate ampoule and a thin and long duct which bears entally a pair of digitate diverticulum.

Distribution – Guinea, Mt. Nimba.