Barogaster Gates, 1939

  • Combined male and prostatic pores paired on xviii, seminal grooves absent.
  • Female pore single median on xiv.
  • Oesophagus with 2 gizzards in v-vi.
  • Two pairs of discrete extramural calciferous glands in xi-xii.
  • Supra-intestinal glands present.
  • Typhlosole lamelliform simple and ‘grid-like’ thickening present at the posterior end of typhlosole.
  • Genital markings present.
  • Three species recorded in India viz.,
Sl No Species Type locality Nature
1. annandalei Dowlaishweram, Godavari dist., AP, India Endemic
2. barodensis Baroda, Gujarat, India Endemic
3. prashadi Sakarwari, Satara dist., Maharashtra, India Endemic