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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Pelodrilus

Pelodrilus Beddard, 1891 (ref. ID; 3692, 6421)

Family Haplotaxidae (ref. ID; 6421)

ref. ID; 6421

The apomorphy for the type species above is the rearward shift of the anterior male pores to a position ahead of the posterior pores on XII. The other taxa are placed here incertae sedis as there is no shared apomorphy. (ref. ID; 6421)

Type species

Type species by priority Pelodrilus violaceus Beddard, 1891 (ref. ID; 6421)

Species incertae sedis

P. ignatovi, P. africanus, P. darlingensis, P. monticola, P. tuberculatus, and an unnamed specimen from Queensland Australia (Brinkhurst and Jamieson 1971, p.295). The four species other than ignatovi are at least closely related, and were synonymized by Brinkhurst (1966). (ref. ID; 6421)
  1. Pelodrilus africanus Cernosvitov, 1939 (ref. ID; 6578)
  2. Pelodrilus africanus Michaelsen, 1908 (ref. ID; 6421)
  3. Pelodrilus bureschi Michaelsen, 1924 (ref. ID; 6421)
  4. Pelodrilus carnivorus Omodeo, 1958 (ref. ID; 6578)
  5. Pelodrilus darlingensis (ref. ID; 6421)
  6. Pelodrilus falcifer Omodeo, 1958 (ref. ID; 6578)
  7. Pelodrilus hologynus Michaelsen, 1908 (ref. ID; 6421)
  8. Pelodrilus ignatovi Michaelsen, 1903 (ref. ID; 3692, 6421)
  9. Pelodrilus leruthi Hrabe, 1953 (ref. ID; 6637)
  10. Pelodrilus monticola (ref. ID; 6421)
  11. Pelodrilus tuberculatus (ref. ID; 6421)
  12. Pelodrilus violaceus Beddard, 1891 (ref. ID; 6421)