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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
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