Moniligaster Perrier, 1872

  • Male pores in x/xi.
  • Female pore at xi/xii.
  • One pair of spermathecal pore in vii/viii.
  • Gizzard 4 or 5 in front of intestine.
  • One pair of testis sacs on septum ix/x.
  • Ovaries in xi.
  • Spermathecae with a bifid muscular atrial chamber, each horn of which bears a lobulated glandular mass.
  • Sixteen species recorded in India viz.,

S. No Species Type locality Status
1 aiyeri Muthukkuzhi, Tamil Nadu, India Endemic
2 bahli Vengolimala in Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, Kerala, India Endemic
3 blackmorei Between Arsnamoozhi and Ilampapmba, Kerala, India Endemic
4 cernosvitovi Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India Endemic
5 deshayesi Unknown (probably from the southern portion of Western Ghats in Kerala) Endemic
6 gatesi Ooty (Udhagamandalam or Udhagai), Tamil Nadu, India Endemic
7 girishi Chembotti in Silent Valley National Park, Kerala, India Endemic
8 gravelyi Trichur, Kerala, India Endemic
9 horsti Bungitappal, Tamil Nadu, India Endemic
10 julkai Puthuvely, Kerala, India Endemic
11 keralensis Kurichikanam in konni Reserve Forest, Kerala, India Endemic
12 michaelseni Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India Endemic
13 minor Chimunji, Kerala, India Endemic
14 perrieri Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India Endemic
15 stephensoni Vanderavu (Bander), Tamil Nadu, India Endemic
16 troyi Vanderavu , Tamil Nadu, India Endemic
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