Karmiella Julka, 1983

  • Male pores paired, in seminal grooves, on xviii; prostatic pores paired at the end of seminal grooves, on xvii and xix.
  • Female pores paired, antero-median to a on xiv.
  • Spermathecal pores paired, minute, on or slightly anterior to setal arcs, on viii and ix.
  • Lumbricine arrangemenet of setae.
  • Oesophagus with a single gizzard.
  • Discrete calciferous gland present.
  • Stomate megameronephridia present at least in caudal segments; micromeronephridia astomate throughout the body.
  • Megameronephridia enteronephric.
  • Calciferous gland one pair, each gland bilobed one lobe in xv and the other in xvi.
  • Two species recorded in India viz.,
Sl No Species Type locality Nature
1. karnatakensis Tirthahalli, karnataka, India Endemic
2. sulvalliensis Sulvalli, Shimoga dist., Karnataka, India Endemic