Pickfordiella, Csuzdi, 2010

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 : 112

Pickfordiella gen. n.

Diagnosis. Setae closely paired all ventral. Female pores on 14, paired or single. Male apparatus acanthodriline with balantine reduction. Prostatic and male ducts open thought a copulatory chamber in 19. Penial setae lacking. Spermathecal apparatus paired, diverticulum present. Muscular gizzard in 6. Two pairs of calciferous glands in 14–15 open in the oesophagus through a common duct. Excretory system holoic.

Type species – Pickfordiella eudrilina sp. n.

Distribution – West Africa.

Remarks. Pickfordiella gen. n. is close to the African Pickfordia , however differs from it in several important characters such as the common orifice of the two calciferous glands, the presence of a muscular gizzard in 6 and possessing a pair of copulatory chambers in 19.