Pellogaster Gates, 1939

  • Male pores paired in seminal grooves on xviii, prostatic pores paired at the end of seminal grooves on xvii and xix.
  • Oesophagus with 2 gizzards in v-vi and 4 pairs extramural calciferous glands in x-xiii.
  • Intestinal caecae and supra-intestinal glands absent.
  • Typhlosole lamelliform simple.
  • Spermathecal pores paired on viii and ix.
  • Genital markings present, sometimes absent.
  • Prostate 2 pairs in xvii and xix.
  • Penial setae present or absent.
  • Copulatory setae usually present.
  • Three species recorded in India viz.,

Sl No Species Type locality Nature
1 bengalensis Tribeni, WB, India Endemic
2 isabellae Naini, Allahabad dist., UP, India Endemic
3 simsi Panchgani, Maharashtra, India Endemic