Cataladrilus Qiu & Bouché, 1998

Marchán, Daniel F., Decaëns, Thibaud, Díaz Cosín, Darío J., Hedde, Mickaël, Lapied, Emmanuel & Domínguez, Jorge, 2020, French Mediterranean islands as a refuge of relic earthworm species: Cataladrilus porquerollensis sp. nov. and Scherotheca portcrosana sp. nov. (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 701, pp. 1-22 : 6

Genus Cataladrilus Qiu & Bouché, 1998

Type species

Cataladrilus monticola Qiu & Bouché, 1998

Diagnosis

Lumbricinae Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1815 of small to medium size. Longitudinal furrows in peristomium and pygidium. Closely paired or separate chaetae. Aligned nephridial pores. Spermathecal pores simple in 9/10, 10/11 (exception Cataladrilus multhitecus Qiu & Bouché, 1998: 7 /8–10/11). Male pores in ½ 15 with developed porophores. Calciferous gland in 11–15, usually with diverticles in 11. Gizzard in 17–19 (exception Cataladrilus annulatus Qiu & Bouché, 1998 : (18)19–21). Typhlosole simple, bifid or multifid. Nephridial bladders U-shaped, reclinate (exception Cataladrilus multhitecus Qiu & Bouché, 1998 : V-shaped – “fourchué”). Two pairs of seminal vesicles in 11, 12 (exception Cataladrilus mrsici Qiu & Bouché, 1998 : three pairs in 9, 11, 12).