Genus Pontoscolex Schmarda, 1861

Type species. Lumbricus corethrurus Müller, 1857

Diagnosis. Setae quincunx in the posterior region of body. One pair of male pores in clitellum. Three pairs of calciferous glands in segments 7, 8 and 9, structure type panicle-tubular. Genital apparatus metandric and metagynic.