Pickfordia pseudoplanaria OMODEO, 1958

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 : 111-112

Pickfordia pseudoplanaria OMODEO, 1958

Pickfordia pseudoplanaria OMODEO, 1958: 33 , OMODEO 2000: 194.

Pickfordia (Pickfordia) pseudoplanaria : CSUZDI 1993: 67, CSUZDI 1995: 117, CSUZDI 1996: 363.

Diagnosis. L. 30 mm, D. 1 mm. No. segments 140. Colour brown. Head tanylobous, first dorsal pore 4/5. Spermathecal pores four pairs, 5/6–8/9 a. Clitellum saddle-shaped on 13–19. f 14, paired before setae a–a. m 18. Genital field lacking, prostatic pores 17, 19.

All septa membranous. Muscular gizzard lacking. Calciferous glands 14–15 open separately in the oesophagus. Last pair of hearts 12. Typhlosole vestigial. Excretory system holoic.

Testes 10, 11 free. Vesicles 9–12. Prostates 17, 19. Penial setae uniform, L. 0.65 mm, D. 0.01 mm, tip slightly bent, ornamentation serrated bars. Spermathecae sac-shaped with an oval ampoule and a short duct which bears entally a small club-shaped diverticulum.

Distribution – Guinea, Mt. Nimba.