Hoplochaetella Michaelsen, 1900

  • Combined male and prostatic pores 2 pairs on xvii or xvii/xviii and xix or xviii/xix, seminal grooves absent.
  • Female pore single median presetal on xiv.
  • Oesophagus with a single gizzard in vi and 4 pairs of discrete extramural calciferous glands in x-xiii.
  • Supra-intestinal glands absent.
  • Typhlosole low simple lamelliform.
  • Spermathecal pores paired segmental between vii and x.
  • Genital markings present or absent when present with or without central apertures.
  • Twenty species recorded in India viz.,

S. No Species Type locality Status
1. affinis Mormugao (Donna Paula Bay), Goa, India Endemic
2. anomala Belgaum (Belagavi), Karnataka, India Endemic
3. bifoveata Talewadi near Castle Rock, Karnataka, India Endemic
4. darwini Salem district, Yercaud Tamil Nadu, India Endemic
5. inornata Talewadi near Castle Rock, Karnataka, India Endemic
6. karnatakensis Kemmengundi (Kemmanagundi), Karnataka, India Endemic
7. kempi Talewadi near Castle Rock, Karnataka, India Endemic
8. khandalaensis khandalaensis Khandala, Maharashtra, India Endemic
9. khandalaensis dichordarius Bombay (Mumbai), Maharashtra, India Endemic
10. kinneari Castle Rock, Karnataka, India Endemic
11. kurmagarensis Kurmagar Island, Karnataka, India Endemic
12. lavellei Herbettu, Shimoga dist., Karnataka, India Endemic
13. londensis Londa, Karnataka, India Endemic
14. mullani Matheran, Maharashtra, India Endemic
15. panchganiensis Panchgani, maharashtra, India Endemic
16. powelli Bombay, Maharashtra, India Endemic
17. righii Kotegehar, Karnataka, India Endemic
18. sanvordemensis Sanvordem, Goa, India Endemic
19. stuarti Yercaud, Tamil Nadu, India Endemic
19. suctoria Sanvordem, Goa, India Endemic