Wegeneriella monotheca OMODEO, 1955

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 : 116

Wegeneriella monotheca OMODEO, 1955

Wegeneriella (Wegeneriella) monotheca OMODEO, 1955: 2 , OMODEO 1958: 27.

Wegeneriella monotheca : CSUZDI 1993: 66, CSUZDI 1995: 117, CSUZDI 1996: 364. OMODEO 2000: 194.

Diagnosis. L. 41–55 mm, D. 2.5– 3 mm. No. segments 142–182. Colour pale. Head prolobous, first dorsal pore 4/5. Spermathecal pore 5/6, single ventralmedian. Clitellum not fully developed on 14–19. f 14, single ventralmedian. m 18. Genital field oval, prostatic pores 17, 19.

All septa membranous. Muscular gizzard 6. Calciferous glands 14–15 open in the oesophagus through a common duct. Last pair of hearts 12. Typhlosole vestigial. Excretory system holoic.

Testes 10, 11 free. Vesicles 9, 12. Prostates 17, 19. Penial setae uniform, L. 0.55–0.65 mm, D. 0.022 mm, tip spoon-shaped, ornamentation serrated bars. Spermathecae sac-shaped, duct hardly detached from the ampoule, sperm-chambers lacking.

Distribution – Guinea, Mt. Nimba.