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 01995ca4-7d04-4402-b21a-926957b1a391 1175-5326 256507 AD1F6B4E-3B0D-422C-B47C-0495BD385857 Metaphire prava mungxenensis ( Thai & Tran, 1986 ) Pheretima prava mungxenensis Thai & Tran, 1986 : 11 , fig. 4B; Samphon 1990 : 102 ; Do 1994: 109; Thai 2000a : 310 ; Pham 2010 : 63 . Metaphire prava mungxenensis— Blakemore 2007a : 82 ; Blakemore 2008b . Type locality. Vietnam ( Nghe An : Ky Son ). Type material. SORC , Vietnam . Examined material. 1 C ( SORC-HV.085 ) Ta Ca, Ky Son, Nghe An , 1/1/1986 ; 3 C ( SORC-PV.085.02 ) same locality, but 15/6/1985 ; 12 C and 3 A ( CTU-EW.073.01 ) Hoa Son, Ky Son , Nghe An , 6/1985, all coll. Tran Ba Cu. Records from Vietnam. Nghe An (Ky Son) ; Da Nang ( Ba Na NP ) ( Thai & Tran 1986 ; Do 1994; Pham 2010 ). Distribution. Laos ( Samphon 1990 ). Vietnamese name. Giun prava mường xén. Remarks. The subspecies is different from M. prava prava in spermathecal pores located further from dorsal line, more post-clitellar setae ( Thai & Tran 1986 ). Blakemore (2007a , 2008b ) considered it as " species inquirenda ". Material was re-examined and presence of male copulatory pouches and hence placement of the species in Metaphire is confirmed here.