Wegeneriella MICHAELSEN 1933

Wegeneriella MICHAELSEN, 1933 Wegeneriella MICHAELSEN, 1933: 123 (part.), OMODEO 1955: 1 (part.), OMODEO 1958: 26 (part.), JAMIESON 1974: 73 (part.), ZICSI & CSUZDI 1989: 29, CSUZDI 1993: 67, CSUZDI 1995: 117, CSUZDI 1996: 364, OMODEO 2000: 194 (part). Eodrilus: PICKFORD 1937: 79 (part). Non Wegeneriella: RIGHI et al. 1978: 34. Diagnosis. Setae closely paired all ventral. Female pores on 14, paired or single. Male apparatus acanthodriline sometimes with microscolecine reduction. Muscular gizzard in 6. Two pairs of calciferous glands in 14–15 open in the oesophagus through a common duct. Spermathecae single ventralmedian open between 5/6–8/9, diverticulum lacking. Excretory system holoic. Type species – Notiodrilus ? valdiviae MICHAELSEN, 1903 by original designation. Distribution – West Africa. Remarks. Together with the single spermathecae the tendency of ventralmedian displacement of the male and prostatic pores is also a characteristics of the genus Wegeneriella.