Wahoscolex (Julka,1988)

  • Male pores paired in seminal grooves on xviii or xvii/xviii or on porophores on xvii; prostatic pores 2 pairs at the end of seminal grooves on xvii and xix or xvii and xviii or one pair on xvii.
  • Oesophagus with a single gizzard in v and with calciferous lamellae in in xvi.
  • Discrete calciferous glands, caecae and supra-intestinal gland absent.
  • Typhlosole simple lamelliform.
  • One or two pair stoamate enteronephric megameronephridia in each segment from about middle of the body to posterior end.
  • Testes holandric.
  • Spermathecae paired or unpaired.
  • Ten species recorded in India viz.,

Sl No Species Type locality Nature
1. (?) bidens Shiboga, Karnataka, India Endemic
2. bouchei Kemmengundi, Karnataka, India Endemic
3. corethrurus Somavarapatna, Coorg, Karnataka, India Endemic
4. curgensis Mercara, Karnataka, India Endemic
5. (?) ditheca Shimoga, Karnataka, India Endemic
6. horai Bhagamandla, Karnataka, India Endemic
7. (?) merkaraensis Merkara, Coorg, Karnataka, India Endemic
8. michaelseni Herbettu, Shimoga dist., Karnataka, India Endemic
9. nandiensis Nandi Hill, Karnataka, India Endemic
10. veereshi Kemmengundi, Karnataka, India Endemic