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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1
92
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1
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Amynthas binhgiaensis
(
Le, 1994
)
comb. nov.
Pheretima binhgiaensis
Le, 1994
(in: Do
et al.
1994): 22, fig. 1
A
;
Le 1995a
: 50
;
Nakamura 1999
: 37
;
Thai 2000a
: 308
.
Metaphire
binhgiaensis—
Blakemore 2007a
: 15
.
Metaphire
? binhgiaensis—
Blakemore 2008b
.
Type
locality.
Vietnam
(
Lang Son
:
Binh Gia
).
Examined
material.
3 C and 2
A
(
SORC-V.018.01
) decaying wood,
Minh Khai
,
Binh Gia
,
Lang Son
,
29/3/ 1992
;
2 C (
SORC-V.018.02
) footprint of
Na Tap Mt.
,
Khuoi O
,
Minh Khai
,
Binh Gia
,
Lang Son
,
22/3/1992
;
4 C (
SORC-V.018.04
)
Coc Cheng
Mts
,
Ban Tan
,
Minh Khai
,
Binh Gia
,
Lang Son
,
23/3/1992
, all coll.
Le Van Trien.
Records from
Vietnam.
Lang Son
(Binh Gia) (Do
et al.
1994).
Distribution.
Only known from
Vietnam
.
Vietnamese name.
Giun bình giá.
Remarks.
The species was found in litter layer, decaying woods (Do
et al.
1994).
Blakemore (2007a
,
2008b
) considered it as "
species inquirenda
". Material was re-examined and absence of male copulatory pouches and hence placement of the species in
Amynthas
is confirmed here.