Pithemera bicincta (Perrier, 1875)


  • Male pores paired in xviii small on a porophore.
  • Female pores closely paired in xiv.
  • Pre-clitellar genital markings absent.
  • Post-clitellar genital markings present or absent, when present paired on xviii or xviii/xix.
  • Spermathecal pore five pairs in iv/v/vi/vii/viii/ix.
  • First dorsal pore xii/xiii.
  • Spermathecae present or absent when present five pairs in vi-x with a duct as long as the ampulla, diverticulum usually shorter than duct and ampulla combined.
  • Prostate gland present or absent when present medium to large extending through some or all of xvi-xx.
  • Intestinal caecae in xxii simple, sometimes extending to xxi.
  • Size 40-80 mm.
  • Single species recorded in India.
  • Type locality Mindoro, Philippines and it is exotic peregrine species.