Proandricus jasoni Plisko, 1992: 362 Eleven new South African earthworms (Oligochaeta: Microchaetidae) with new information on some known species, and an inventory of the microchaetids of KwaZulu-Natal Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta African Invertebrates 2003 2003-12-31 44 2 279 325 854GW Plisko, 1992 Plisko 1992 [481,842,1513,1538] Clitellata Microchaetidae Proandricus CoL,GBIF Animalia Crassiclitellata 27 306 Annelida species jasoni    Proandricus jasoniPlisko, 1992: 362; Reynolds & Cook 1993:16.    Materialexamined:  KwaZulu­Natal: 2 kmnorth­west of Estcourt( 29º05'S: 29º54'E) grassland, moist soil,  12 May 1993, JDP and I. Pajor: NMSA/  Olig.01894, 1 cl + 3 juv + 3 abscised short anterior parts + 3 abscised posterior parts; NMSA/  Olig.01895 and NMSA/  Olig.01896, 4 cocoons and 2 juvenileindividuals coming out of cocoon; NMSA/  Olig.01897, 1 juvenileautotomised into two parts. 5 kmnorth of Mooi River( 29º12'S: 30º01'E), primary grassland, moist soil,  5 December 1996, JDP, TL: NMSA/  Olig.02447 and NMSA/  Olig.02451, 1 cl + 13 juv, JDP, TL. Remarks: The species is related to  gracilisand  ivari, sympatric with them. Present sites confirm species occurrence in the extended area of a neighbourhood of the typelocality. Collection sites are shown in Fig. 7.   Proandricus ortyiPlisko, 2000  Proandricus ortyiPlisko, 2000 b: 254.   Materialexamined:  KwaZulu­Natal: Weenen Nature Reserve: NMSA/  Olig.03183 Nyandu Camp, under tent ( 28º35'S: 29º01'E) 1 cl,  30 September 2000; NMSA/  Olig.03180 near main road, under rock in  Acaciasavannah burnt recently ( 28º51'40"S: 30º03'06"E) 1 cl,  26 September 2000; both samples collected by R.  Slotow. Otto’s Bluff, Wattle Grove( 29º28'30"S: 30º22'12"E) from wet soil under indigenous grassland, NMSA/  Olig.03379, 1 with tubercula pubertatis, abscised posteriorly + 3 juv, + posterior part,  12 January 2001, JDP, AJA, TN. Remarks: The species is known from the upper Thukela River Valley and from its neighbouring area in central KZN ( Fig. 7). 1993-05-12 JDP -29.083334 Estcourt 1228 29.9 Material 27 306 1 KwaZulu-Natal [641,869,1617,1642] NMSA Pajor 27 306 1 KwaZulu-Natal NMSA Olig. 27 306 1 KwaZulu-Natal NMSA 28 307 Olig. 27 306 1 KwaZulu-Natal [235,1096,206,231] NMSA Olig. 28 307 2 2 KwaZulu-Natal 1996-12-05 JDP, TL, NMSA -29.2 Mooi River 1228 30.016666 Olig. 28 307 1 1 KwaZulu-Natal [144,410,302,327] NMSA Olig. 28 307 1 KwaZulu-Natal [418,803,302,327] JDP, TL Olig. 28 307 1 KwaZulu-Natal [144,970,561,586] NMSA Weenen Nature Reserve Material 28 307 1 KwaZulu-Natal 2000-09-30 NMSA -28.583334 Nyandu Camp 1231 29.016666 Olig. 28 307 1 KwaZulu-Natal 2000-09-26 R -28.86111 Olig. 20 30.051666 28 307 1 KwaZulu-Natal NMSA -29.475 Wattle Grove 20 30.37 Slotow. Otto's Bluff 28 307 1 KwaZulu-Natal 2001-01-12 JDP, AJA, TN Olig. 28 307 1 KwaZulu-Natal