Dichogaster Beddard, 1888

  • Male pores paired in seminal grooves on xviii or xvii/xviii; prostatic pores 2 pairs at the ends of seminal grooves.
  • Female pore single or paired on xiv.
  • Oesophagus with a 2 gizzards anterior to septum viii/ix.
  • One pair of discrete extramural calciferous gland present.
  • Each calciferous gland trilobed, a vertically reniform lobe in each of segments xv-xvii with a common duct opening into gut in xvi.
  • Supra-intestinal gland absent.
  • Typhlosole lamelliform simple.
  • Spermathecal pores paired in viii-ix.
  • Genital markings sometime present.
  • Six species recorded in India viz.,

S. No Species Type locality Status  
1. affinis Quilimane (Quelimane), Mozambique Exotic
2. annae Java, Indonesia Exotic
3. bolaui Bergedorf, Germany Exotic
4. modigliani Pedang, Indonesia Exotic
5. saliens Undesignated (?), supposedly from Penang, Singapore and Java. Exotic
6. vellanikkarae Vellanikkara, Kerala, Unknown