Proandricus beddardi ( Benham, 1886 )

Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta, 2003, Eleven new South African earthworms (Oligochaeta: Microchaetidae) with new information on some known species, and an inventory of the microchaetids of KwaZulu-Natal, African Invertebrates 44 (2), pp. 279-325 : 303

Proandricus beddardi ( Benham, 1886)

Microchaetus beddardi Benham, 1886 b: 78 ; Benham 1892: 142; Beddard, 1895: 672; Michaelsen 1900: 449, 1918: 327; Reynolds & Cook, 1976: 7.

Proandricus beddardi ; Plisko, 1992: 357.

Material examined: KwaZulu­Natal: NMSA /Olig.03658 Hluhluwe Game Reserve, Mbombe Forest ( 28º03'15"S: 32º03'12"E) at 484 m, in forest valley, slightly damp sandyclay, next to water­seep, 30 September 2002, 4 cl + 4 juv, AJA, DG [associated with Microchaetus quaerus sp.n.]

Remarks: The type locality was broadly indicated as ‘Natal’. Collected by Plisko (1992) from a few sites in north­eastern KZN. Present records confirm species occurrence in close neighbourhood of the earlier recorded sites ( Fig. 7 ).

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Fig. 7. The distribution of Proandricus species in KZN. 1 = adami; 2 = adriani; 3 = alatus; 4 = amphius; 5 = armstrongi; 6 = babanango; 7 = beddardi; 8 = bergvillensis; 9 = bourquini; 10 = bulwerensis; 11 = colletti; 12 = crookesi; 13 = entumeni; 14 = gracilis; 15 = hedothecus; 16 = hlatikulu; 17 = injasuti; 18 = ivari; 19 = jasoni; 20 = lovuus; 21 = marleyi; 22 = martensi; 23 = michelleae; 24 = modestus; 25 = oresbiosus; 26 = ortyi; 27 = pajori; 28 = richerti; 29 = setosus; 30 = thornvillensis.