Malabaria Stephenson, 1924


  • Male and prostatic pores in xvii.
  • Digestive system with a gizzard in vii.
  • Intestinal origin in xii.
  • Typhlosole and supra-intestinal glands absent.
  • Lumbricine, setae closely paired.
  • Holonephric, large nephridia.
  • Dorsal pores and pigment lacking.
  • Four species recorded in India viz.,

S. No. Species Type locality Status
1 biprostata Kumili, Kerala, India Endemic
2 levis Po-peng, Hainan, China Native peregrine
3 paludicola Kollengode, Kerala, India Endemic
4 sulcata Manikpur Junction, Uttar Pradesh, India Endemic