Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) bolaui ( Michaelsen, 1891 )

Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta, 2012, An annotated checklist of the South African Acanthodrilidae (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae: Acanthodrilinae, Benhamiinae), Zootaxa 3458, pp. 4-58 : 48-49

Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) bolaui ( Michaelsen, 1891)

Benhamia bolavi Michaelsen 1891: 9

Benhamia bolavi cf. bolaui Michaelsen, 1891: 307 .

Benhamia bolavi: Reynolds & Cook 1976: 80 .

Dichogaster bolaui: Michaelsen 1913c: 401 ; Ljungström 1972a: 6; Reynolds & Reinecke 1976: 8; Zicsi 1998: 95. Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) bolaui: Csuzdi 1995: 102, 2000: 60 , 2010: 120; Plisko 2010: 292; NMSAD. Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) bolaui in bolaui group: Csuzdi 1996: 358, 2010: 120.

Type locality. Germany: Bergedorf.

Distribution. This is the most frequent Dichogaster species spread widely over warm and temperate zones with substantial human involvement. It has a large list of synonyms, completely record by Csuzdi (1996, 2000, 2010: 133). This species is also known from the sewage systems, noted in many European countries ( Rota & Schmidt 2006; Csuzdi et al. 2008). In RSA: Recorded from numerous localities in three neighbouring provinces. KZN: Pietermaritzburg: various greens, parks and gardens in the town; Town Bush Valley; Sunnyside; Scottsville; Ashburton. Merrivale, Arden Farm. Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve. Cultivated and used land for experimental study: Cedara Agriculture College; Baynesfield; Eshowe citrus field, sugar cane and kikuyu grass. Greytown, vermicomposting farm. Ten records noted from natural habitats: Skyline Nature Reserve; Bluff Nature Reserve; Ngome Forest; Mvutshini river Valley; Karkloof Nature Reserve, Safari World; Karkloof Nature Reserve. MP: Witbank. LP: Entabeni State Forest; Soutpansberg; Northern Transvaal. Data taken from literature and NMSAD.

Remarks. Syntypes ZMH V-285. One of the most frequent Dichogaster species in South African cultivated land, occurring also abundantly in the natural protected areas.