Argilophilus Eisen, 1893


  • Male pores in xviii, xix or xx.
  • Three pairs kidney-shaped extramural calciferous glands.
  • Holoic.
  • Lumbricine.
  • Prostate tubular.
  • Dorsal pores present behind clitellum.
  • Intestinal origin xiv, xv, xvi, xvii or xviii.
  • Spermathecae 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 pairs in some or all of vi-xii.
  • Twenty three species recorded from India viz.,

S. No Species Type locality Status
1 aborensis Rotung, Arunachal Pradesh, India Endemic
2 aquatilis Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu, India Endemic
3 bahli Tumbia, Aruna Pradesh, India Endemic
4 campsiaulus Vanderavu, Tamil Nadu, India Endemic
5 daminensis Damin, Aruna Pradesh, India Endemic
6 dubariensis River Cauvery-Dubari (Dubare), Karnataka, India Endemic
7 exilis Daraganj, Uttar Pradesh, India Endemic
8 ghumensis Jorpokri, West Bengal, India Endemic
9 himalayanus Changu, Sikkim, India Endemic
10 indicus indicus Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India Endemic
11 indicus silvestris Tiger Shola nr. Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India Endemic
12 kempi Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India Endemic
13 macrochaetus macrochaetus Korangumudi Estate-Valparai, Tamil Nadu, India Endemic
14 macrochaetus simplicisetus Vandaravu Range, Kerala- Tamil Nadu border, India Endemic
15 mishmiensis Tihun, Aruna Pradesh, India Endemic
16 palniensis Tiger Shola near Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India Endemic
17 rallus Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India Endemic
18 richikensis Richik, Arunachal Pradesh, India Endemic
19 sadhupulensis Sadhupul, Himachal Pradesh, India Endemic
20 sikkimensis Sandakphu, West Bengal, India Endemic
21 taksingensis Taksing, Arunachal Pradesh, India Endemic
22 timidus Muvattupuzha, Kerala, India Endemic
23 variabilis Tenmalai (Thenmala), Kerala, India Endemic