Four new earthworm species described

Four new earthworm species described

Four new species from the genus Kazimierzus were recently described from the Western and Northern Cape of South Africa, by Thembeka Nxele and her colleagues. All material are deposited at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, which houses the biggest Oligochaeta...
Two new springtails described from the Western Cape

Two new springtails described from the Western Cape

Recently two new species of Collembola (springtails) from the genus Friesea was dscribed from the Western Cape. One species, Friesea stevenchowni was collected from the Afromontane forest vegetation in Jonkershoek Nature Reserve, while a blind species, Friesea...