Thatonia Gates, 1942


  • Male pores in xviii.
  • Gizzard in vii, a dendritically branched system of spaces (opening into gut lumen) in thickened ventral wall of oesophagus in ix-x.
  • Intestinal origin in xii.
  • Typhlosole, caecae and supra-intestinal glands absent.
  • Lumbricine, closely paired.
  • Dorsal pores, and pigment lacking.
  • Holonephric, avesiculate, ducts passing parietes to b.
  • Five species recorded in India viz.,

S. No Species Type locality Status
1   bolangirensis Bolangir (Balangir), Odisha, India Endemic
2   exilis Nowgong, Madhya Pradesh, India Native peregrine
3   gracilis Thongwa, Myanmar Endemic
4   parva Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India Endemic
5   sambalpurensis Sambalpur, Odisha, India Endemic