Priodoscolex montanus Gates, 1940

  • Combined male and prostatic pores on xviii.
  • Oesophagus with single large gizzard in v.
  • Three pairs extramural calciferous glands in xiv-xvi.
  • Intestinal caecae and supra-intestinal glands absent.
  • Typhlosole rudimentary.
  • Spermathecal pores paired small, transverse slits on the anterior-margins of viii and ix.
  • Genital marking absent.
  • Holandric, testes and male funnel free in x and xi.
  • Seminal vesicles in xi and xii.
  • Penial setae absent.
  • Spermathecae paired in viii and ix.
  • Single species recorded in India.
  • Type locality is Coonoor, Nilgiri Hills, South India and is endemic.