A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae)
Author
Nguyen, Tung T.
Author
Nguyen, Anh D.
Author
Tran, Binh T. T.
Author
Blakemore, Robert J.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4140
1
1
92
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1
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1175-5326
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Genus
Metaphire
Sims & Easton, 1972
Metaphire
Sim & Easton, 1972
: 215
.
Type species.
Rhodopis javanica
Kinberg, 1867
, by monotypy
Distribution.
The genus is widely distributed in the
Oriental
region, from
Japan
through to the Indo-Australian archipelago (
Sims & Easton 1972
: 215;
Blakemore 2002
).
Remarks.
Members of the genus can be easily recognized by the presence of intestinal caeca at or near xxvii, the presence of copulatory pouches and the absence of micronephridia on the spermathecal ducts. About 180 nominal species have been described (
Blakemore 2002
,
2008a
), and 55 species have been recorded in Vietnam.