Csuzdi C., Razafindrakoto M., Blanchart Eric. (2012). New and little known earthworm species from Central Madagascar (Oligochaeta : Kynotidae). Zootaxa, (3578), p. 36-42. ISSN 1175-5326.
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New and little known earthworm species from Central Madagascar (Oligochaeta : Kynotidae)
The investigation of a small number of earthworms collected in Central Madagascar resulted in the discovery of two species new for science, Kynotus minutus and Kynotus parvus spp. nov. Apart from the descriptions and illustrations of the new species, the two little-known species Kynotus alaotranus Michaelsen, 1907 and Kynotus michaelseni Rosa, 1892 are recorded for the first time after the original description, and commented short diagnoses are provided. With the two new species described in this paper, the genus Kynotus now contains 20 species. The monogeneric earthworm family Kynotidae is endemic to Madagascar.
