Moniligastridae
Creators: name: Narayanan, S. Prasanth
name: Sathrumithra, S.
name: Christopher, G.
name: Thomas, A. P.
name: Julka, J. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Haplotaxida
Moniligastridae

description: Family Moniligastridae
1. Drawida agricola Stephenson, 1925
Drawida agricola Stephenson, 1925: 53 –54.
T. Taliparamba (12.037ºN, 75.359o E), India. D. Dist. Kannur: Taliparamba (Stephenson, 1925); Kerala endemic. R. Only known from the original description.
2. Drawida brunnea Stephenson, 1915
Drawida brunnea Stephenson, 1915: 51 –52.
T. Parambikulam (10.383o N, 76.708o E), India. D. Dist. Palakkad: Parambikulam (Stephenson 1915); Kerala endemic. R. Only known from the original description.
3. Drawida chalakudiana Stephenson, 1915
Drawida chalakudiana Stephenson, 1915: 54 –57.
T. Chalakudi (Chalakudy) (10.3o N, E 76.33o E), India. D. Dist. Thrissur: Chalakudi (Stephenson 1915); Kerala endemic. R. Only known from the original description.
4. Drawida circumpapillata Aiyer, 1929
Drawida circumpapillatus Aiyer, 1929: 50 –51.
T. Nedumangad (8.603o N, 77.002o E), India. D. Dist. Thiruvananthapuram: Nedumangad (Aiyer 1929), Vembayam (Aiyer 1929); Kerala endemic. R. Only known from the original description.
5. Drawida ghatensis Michaelsen, 1910
Drawida ghatensis Michaelsen, 1910: 52 –54; Stephenson 1915: 49; Aiyer 1929: 48.
T. Tenmalai (Thenmala) (8.95o N, 77.06o E), India; Types: ZSIC 4166 /7 (ZSIC catalogue). D. Dist. Palakkad: Road to Valiyaparathodu (Silent Valley National Park) (Julka & Chandra 1986); Dist. Thrissur: Kavalai in Forest Tramway (Stephenson 1915); Dist. Kottayam: Athirampuzha (Narayanan et al. 2014b), Kottayam (Michaelsen 1910); Dist. Pathanamthitta: Thiruvella (Thiruvalla) (Aiyer 1929); Dist. Kollam: Kulattupuzha (Kulathupuzha) (Michaelsen 1910), Maddathoray (Madathara) (Michaelsen 1910), Tenmalai (Thenmala) (Michaelsen 1910); Dist. Thiruvananthapuram: Bonaccord (Bonacaud, Bonakkad) (Michaelsen 1913), Mukkunni Reserve Forest (Aiyer 1929), Ponmudi (Michaelsen 1913); Kerala endemic.
6. Drawida grandis (Bourne, 1886)
Moniligaster grandis Bourne, 1886: 671.
Drawida grandis (Bourne). Michaelsen 1900: 117; Julka & Chandra 1986: 167. T. Nilgiris (11.40o N, 76.70o E), India. D. Dist. Palakkad: Kanjikode (Kathireswari et al. 2005), Mukkali (Julka & Chandra 1986), Silent Valley National Park (Julka & Chandra 1986; Mohan et al. 2011); near endemic.
7. Drawida impertusa Stephenson, 1920
Drawida barwelli var. impertusus Stephenson, 1920: 200 –202; Aiyer 1929: 47.
Drawida impertusa Stephenson. Gates 1965: 87.
T. Bombay (now Mumbai) (18.975o N, 72.825o E), India. D. Dist. Palakkad: Kanjikode (Kathireswari et al. 2005); Dist. Idukki: Vandiperiyar (Aiyer 1929); Dist. Alappuzha: Kerumaadi (Karumadi) (Michaelsen 1910); Dist. Pathanamthitta: Thiruvella (Thiruvalla) (Aiyer 1929); native peregrine.
8. Drawida lennora Gates, 1945
Drawida lennora Gates, 1945a: 67.
T. Kurnool, (15.83o N, 78.05o E), India. D. Dist. Palakkad: Kanjikode (Kathireswari et al. 2005); native peregrine.
9. Drawida matthaii Michaelsen, 1910 Drawida matthaii Michaelsen, 1910: 47 –48.
T. Calicut (Kozhikode) (11.258o N, 75.780o E), India. D. Dist. Kozhikode: Calicut (Kozhikode) (Michaelsen 1910); Kerala endemic.
10. Drawida nilamburensis (Bourne, 1894)
Moniligaster nilamburensis Bourne, 1894: 362 –363.
Drawida nilamburensis (Bourne). Michaelsen 1900: 117.
T. Nilambur (11.276o N, 76.225o E), India. D. Dist. Malappuram: Nilambur (Bourne 1894); Kerala endemic. R. Only known from the original description. Blakemore (2007) has located Nilambur in Southeast India while in fact it is in Kerala (Southwest India).
11. Drawida parambikulamana Stephenson, 1915
Drawida parambikulamana Stephenson, 1915: 53 –54.
T. Parambikulam (10.383o N, 76.708o E), India. D. Dist. Palakkad: Parambikulam (Stephenson 1915); Kerala endemic.
12. Drawida parva (Bourne, 1894)
Moniligaster parva Bourne, 1894: 371 –372.
Drawida parva (Bourne). Michaelsen 1900: 118.
T. Ootacamund (now Udhagamandalam) (11.41o N, 76.7o E), India. D. Dist. Palakkad: Silent Valley National Park (Mohan et al. 2011). R. Near endemic.
13. Drawida pellucida pellucida (Bourne, 1894)
Moniligaster pellucida Bourne, 1894: 363.
Drawida pellucida (Bourne). Michaelsen 1900: 118.
Drawida pellucida f. typica (Bourne). Michaelsen 1910: 48; Stephenson 1923: 150; Aiyer 1929: 48. Drawida pellucida pellucida (Bourne). Blakemore 2007: 7.
T. Ootacamund (now Udhagamandalam) (11.41o N, 76.7o E), India. D. Dist. Kollam: Chadayamangalam (ElAmmari et al. 2015), Kottarakkara (ElAmmari et al. 2015), Yeroor (ElAmmari et al. 2015); Dist. Thiruvananthapuram: Ponmudi (Aiyer 1929); native peregrine.
14. Drawida robusta cochinensis Stephenson, 1925
Drawida robusta var. cochinensis Stephenson, 1925: 52 –53.
Drawida robusta cochinensis Stephenson. Blakemore 2007: 8.
T. Chalakudi (Chalakudy) (10.3o N, 76.33o E), India. D. Dist. Thrissur: Chalakudi (Chalakudy) (Stephenson 1925), Kavalai (Stephenson 1925); Kerala endemic. R. Only known from the original description.
15. Drawida sulcata Michaelsen, 1907
Drawida sulcata Michaelsen, 1907: 144.
T. Coonoor (11.35o N, 76.82o E), India. D. Dist. Palakkad: Silent Valley National Park (Mohan et al. 2011); native peregrine.
16. Drawida travancorensis Michaelsen, 1910
Drawida travancorensis Michaelsen, 1910: 46 –47; Aiyer 1929: 49.
T. Kottayam (9.58o N, 76.52E), India. D. Dist. Kottayam: Kottayam (Michaelsen 1910); Dist. Kollam: Tenmalai (Thenmala) (Aiyer 1929); Dist. Thiruvananthapuram: Vattiyoorkavu (Nair et al. 2007), Vembayam (Aiyer 1929); Kerala endemic.
17. Moniligaster aiyeri Gates, 1940
Moniligaster aiyeri Gates, 1940: 493 –495.
T. Muthukkuzhi (somewhere in Kerala-Tamil Nadu border), India. D. Dist. Thiruvananthapuram: Muthukkuzhi (Gates 1940); Kerala endemic. R. Only known from the original description.
18. Moniligaster deshayesi Perrier, 1872 Moniligaster deshayesi Perrier, 1872: 130.
Moniligaster deshayesi var. minor Michaelsen, 1913: 78; Aiyer 1929: 44; Gates 1940: 504.
T. Unknown; Types: Paris Museum (Gates 1940). D. Dist. Kollam: Tenmalai (Thenmala) (Aiyer 1929; Gates 1940); Dist. Thiruvananthapuram: Bonaccord (Bonacaud, Bonakkad) (Michaelsen 1913), Chimungi (Chemmunji) (Michaelsen 1913), Neduvangand (Nedumangad) (Michaelsen 1910); near endemic; Kerala endemic. R. Specimens described from Parambikulam (in Kerala) by Stephenson (1915) do not belong to Moniligaster deshayesi (Gates 1940).
19. Moniligaster gravelyi Stephenson, 1915
Moniligaster deshayesi var. gravelyi Stephenson, 1915: 59 –61.
Moniligaster gravelyi Stephenson. Gates 1940: 504.
T. Trichur (Thrissur) (10.52o N, 76.21o E), India. D. Dist. Thrissur: Kavalai (Stephenson 1925), Trichur (Thrissur) (Stephenson 1915); Kerala endemic. R. Only known from the original description.
description: Published as part of Narayanan, S. Prasanth, Sathrumithra, S., Christopher, G., Thomas, A. P. & Julka, J. M., 2016, Checklist of the earthworms (Oligochaeta) of Kerala, a constituent of Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India, pp. 117-137 in Zootaxa 4193 (1) on pages 120-122, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/166646