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Amynthas aspergillum Perrier 1872

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Amynthas aspergillum (Perrier, 1872)

Perichaeta aspergillum Perrier, 1872: 118.

Perichaeta takatorii Goto & Hatai, 1898: 76.

Pheretima aspergillum— Chen 1938: 382; Pham 1995c: 74; Nakamura 1999: 29; Thai 2000a: 308; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a: 115; Huynh 2005a: 100; Tran & Ngo 2008: 133; Nguyen V.T. & Tran 2008: 184; Pham 2010: 62.

Amynthas aspergillus— Sims & Easton 1972: 234.

Pheretima (Amynthas) aspergillum— Thai 1983: 124.

Amynthas aspergillum— Blakemore 2007a: 9; Blakemore 2008b.

Type locality. China.

Type material. MNHN, France.

Examined material. 4 C, 1 A (SORC-V.122.04) Xuan Nha, Moc Chau, Son La, 17/11/1991; 3 C, 1 A (SORC-V.122.07) Luc Ngan Hill, Bac Giang, 11/5/1992; 10 C (CTU-EW.045.0 2) Cau Giay, Hanoi, 09/20013, coll. Thai Tran Bai; 7 C (CTUEW.045.01) Xuan Hoa, Thanh Hoa, 15/7/1999.

Records from Vietnam. Widely distributed in Vietnam except southern Vietnam.

Distribution. China, Taiwan (Blakemore 2002).

Vietnamese name. Giun khoang.

Remarks. The species is commonly found in northern and central Vietnam.

Amynthas bachmaensis (Thai & Nguyen, 1993 )

Pheretima bachmaensis Thai & Nguyen, 1993 (in: Nguyen 1993): 7, fig. 1D; Nakamura 1999: 40; Thai 2000a: 308. Amynthas? bachmaensis— Blakemore 2007a: 10; Blakemore 2008b.

Type locality. Vietnam (Thua Thien Hue: Bach Ma NP).

Type material. SORC, Vietnam.

Records from Vietnam. Thua Thien Hue (Bach Ma NP; Nam Dong) (Nguyen 1993).

Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.

Vietnamese name. Giun bạch mã.

Remarks. The species is fairly similar to Metaphire dawydovi Michaelsen, 1934b in having three pairs of spermathecal pores and simple intestinal caeca, but can be distinguished by the position of the first dorsal pore and morphology of genital markings in the male region (Nguyen 1993). Blakemore (2007a, 2008b) considered it as " species inquirenda ", but no further examination was made to confirm its taxonomic status due to lack of available specimens and apparent loss of the type specimens.

Notes

Published as part of Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507

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Biodiversity

Collection code
CTUEW , MNHN , SORC
Event date
1991-11-17 , 1992-05-11 , 1999-07-15
Family
Megascolecidae
Genus
Amynthas
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Opisthopora
Phylum
Annelida
Scientific name authorship
Perrier
Species
aspergillum
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1991-11-17 , 1992-05-11 , 1999-07-15
Taxonomic concept label
Amynthas aspergillum Perrier, 1872 sec. Nguyen, Nguyen, Tran & Blakemore, 2016

References

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