Nelloscolex Gates, 1939


  • Male pores in seminal grooves confined to xvii.
  • Female pores anteromedian to a in xiii.
  • Intestinal caecae and supra-intestinal glands absent.
  • Gizzard in vi.
  • Calciferous glands unstalked and not constricted off from the oesophagus.
  • Calciferous lamellae within lateral swellings of oesophagus in viii-xii.
  • Dorsal pores present from region viii/ix-ix/x.
  • Pigment lacking.
  • Prostate strap-shaped.
  • Spermathecae diverticulate
  • Spermathecal pores paired lateral to mid-ventral.
  • Two species recorded in India viz.,

S. No Species Type locality Status
1 burkilli Buthidaung (Akyab), Myanmar Endemic
2 strigosus Dumpep, Meghalaya Endemic
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