Seven new species of the earthworm genus Metaphire Sims & Easton, 1972 from Thailand (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) Author Bantaowong, Ueangfa Author Chanabun, Ratmanee Author James, Samuel W. Author Panha, Somsak text Zootaxa 2016 4117 1 63 84 journal article 38976 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.1.3 09abc5a1-9fc3-4177-8f98-34844266eb9c 1175-5326 259121 B9FF07F1-5A02-4EB6-9AD7-F85B0AA18A76 Metaphire baruana ( Stephenson, 1932 ) ( Figure 4 , Table 1 ) Amyntas bosschae Horst, 1893 sensu Beddard 1900 : 892 , nec Horst ( Stephenson 1932 ). Pheretima baruana Stephenson, 1932 : 209 –211, Fig. 3 . Metaphire baruana (Stephenson) . Sims & Easton 1972 : 239 . Material examined. Lectotype NHMUK 1924.10.5.14.1 (designated herein). The type locality is Khota Baru, Malay Peninsula. Paralectotype : one semi-clitellate ( NHMUK 1924.10.5.14.2), same locality as lectotype . Diagnosis. Medium, length 115–132 mm with 118–127 segments. Male pores on prominent protuberances on XVIII, genital markings on the inner slope of the left male porophore. Spermathecal pores paired at 5/6–8/9, spermathecal ampulla pear-shaped, diverticulum slender with small ovoid knob. No nephridia on the spermathecal ducts. Holandric, intestinal caeca simple, first dorsal pore in 12/13. Prostate glands large, genital marking glands sessile. Remarks. Beddard's record of " Amyntas bosschae " was based on an unspecified number of individuals ( Beddard 1900 ). Stephenson (1932: 209) found "Two specimens, both of which had been opened", and recognized them as belonging to a new species. His detailed description was mainly based on one specimen, the larger one of the two, "which may be considered as the type " (ibid.). Since this may not be understood as an explicit type designation, we designate this specimen as lectotype , and the other sub-adult specimen as paralectotype . The lectotype is illustrated in Fig. 4 . Khota Baru, northern Malaysia , the type locality of M. baruana , is quite close to Songkhla, south Thailand , the type locality of M. songkhlaensis sp. n. However, the distinct genital markings in the male pores area of M. baruana are absent in M. songkhlaensis sp. n. , this being the most significant difference of the new species to M. baruana . This species is known only from its type locality in Kota Bharu, north-eastern Malaysia .