Tritogenia grisea (Michaelsen 1902)

Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta, 2003, Eleven new South African earthworms (Oligochaeta: Microchaetidae) with new information on some known species, and an inventory of the microchaetids of KwaZulu-Natal, African Invertebrates 44 (2), pp. 279-325 : 309-310

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7666260
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7666999
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scientific name	Tritogenia grisea (Michaelsen 1902)
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Tritogenia grisea (Michaelsen 1902) View in CoL

Microchaetus griseus Michaelsen, 1902: 33 ; Michaelsen 1912: 85, 1918: 307; Reynolds & Cook 1976: 109. Tritogenia grisea View in CoL ; Plisko & Zicsi 1991: 121; Plisko 1997: 280.

Material examined: North West: NMSA / Olig. 01302 Skandinavia Drift (26º56'S: 27º03'E) on bank of Vaal River , under bridge, in sandy wet soil, 12 November 1992, 3 cl GoogleMaps , JDP. NMSA / Olig. 01304 Parys (26º54'S: 27º57'E) on bank of Vaal River , in dry soil, 14 November 1974, 3 cl + 15 juv GoogleMaps , JDP. Gauteng: NMSA / Olig. 02500 Brits (25º38'S: 27º47'E) cultivated field, 18 February 1997, 2 cl, W. J., Meyer. Pretoria North (24º32'S: 30º24'E) on the bank of Bon Accord Dam , in soaked soil, 20 November 1974 GoogleMaps : NMSA / Olig. 02168, 11 cl + 28 juv ; NMSA / Olig. 02170, 4 cl + 25 juv ; NMSA / Olig. 02171, 7 cl + 23 juv; all collected by JDP. NMSA / Olig. 02176 Groenpont Gevangenis near Vereeniging (26º40'S: 27º56'E) cultivated field, 2 cl, W. J. Meyer. Mpumalanga GoogleMaps : NMSA / Olig. 02663 Witbank (25º52'S: 29º15'E) on bank of Klipspruit , in moist soil, 23 November 1997, 2 cl + 1 juv, I. Meyer GoogleMaps . NMSA / Olig. 02401 26 km north of Lydenburg (25º06'S: 30º28'E) in savannah dry soil, 29 November 1996, 7 cl + 2 juv GoogleMaps , JDP, TL.

Remarks: This species has been known from Free State and North West provinces (Michaelsen 1902 1912 1918, Plisko & Zicsi 1991). Recent data confirm species presence in North West and extends the known range into Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces. In KZN this species was not found.