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.
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Zootaxa
2016
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1
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Metaphire perelae
(
Thai, 1982
)
Pheretima perelae
Thai, 1982
: 827
, fig. 3B; Do 1994: 102;
Nakamura 1999
: 28
;
Thai 2000a
: 309
.
Pheretima (Amynthas)
perelae—
Thai 1983
: 125
.
Metaphire
perelae—
Blakemore 2007a
: 78
;
Blakemore 2008b
.
Type
locality.
Vietnam
(
Ninh Binh
:
Cuc Phuong NP
).
Type
material.
ZMUM
(W.267),
Russia
.
Examined
material.
1 C (
SORC-V.078
)
Cuc Phuong NP
,
Ninh Binh
,
23/6/1983
, coll.
Thai Tran Bai.
Records from
Vietnam.
Ninh Binh
(
Cuc Phuong NP
) (
Thai 1982
; Do 1994).
Distribution.
Only known from
Vietnam
.
Vietnamese name.
Giun perel.
Remarks.
Blakemore (2007a)
stated its status as "
species inquirenda
". Material was re-examined and presence of male copulatory pouches and hence placement of the species in
Metaphire
is confirmed here.