Octochaetona beatrix Beddard 1902

Octochaetona beatrix Beddard, 1902 Octochaetus beatrix Beddard, 1902: 456. Octochaetus fermori Michaelsen, 1907: 171. Octochaetus hodgarti Michaelsen, 1907: 172. Octochaetus Pittnyi Michaelsen, 1910: 86. Octochaetus dasi Stephenson, 1914: 346. Octochaetus (Octochaetoides) fermori tetracystis Stephenson, 1924b: 343. Octochaetus lunatus Gates, 1929: 24. Octochaetoides beatrix (Beddard): Gates 1945: 48. Octochaetona beatrix (Beddard): Gates 1962: 213. Further synonyms in Gates (1972), Julka (1988 a) and Blakemore (2012). Type locality: Calcutta (Kolkata) (22.5726°N, 88.3639°E), West Bengal, India Distribution in Nepal: Bagmati Province, Kathmandu District, Gowchar (Gates 1955, 1972). Distribution elsewhere: Australia (Blakemore 2009); Dubai (Reynolds & Reynolds 2010); India (Julka 1988, Mandal et al. 2010); Peninsula, Pakistan, Philippines, Malay, (Gates 1972); Myanmar (Blakemore 2009); Southeast Asia and Middle East Asia (Subedi et al. 2018). Habitat: Soil, roots of potted plants (Gates 1972); cultivated land (Subedi et al. 2018). Ecology: Endogeic (Ahmed et al. 2020, 2024). Remark: Octochaetus hodgarti was collected by R.A. Hodgart from Gowchar, Nepal, currently Tribhuvan International Airport area, Kathmandu.