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 Polypheretima parataprobanae (Thai & Nguyen, 1993 ) Pheretima parataprobanae Thai & Nguyen, 1993 : 7 , fig. 1C; Pham 1995c : 102 ; Nakamura 1999 : 23 ; Thai 2000a : 310 ; Nguyen V.T. & Tran 2008 : 185 ; Pham 2010 : 63 . Polypheretima ? parataprobanae— Blakemore 2007a : 77 ; Blakemore 2008b . Polypheretima parataprobanae— Nguyen et al. 2014 : 116 . Type locality. Vietnam (Thua Thien Hue). Type material. SORC (HV.225), Vietnam Examined material. 1 C ( SORC-HV.225 ) Thua Thien Hue Prov. , Hue city, Nguyet Bieu , sandy garden, 13/ 01/1985 , coll. Nguyen Van Thuan. Records from Vietnam . Thua Thien Hue (Hue city, Bach Ma NP ); Da Nang (Hoa Vang) ; Binh Dinh ; ( Nguyen 1993 ; Pham 1995c ; Nguyen V. T. & Tran 2008 ; Pham 2010 ). Distribution. Only known from Vietnam . Vietnamese name. Trùn cận taprobanae . Remarks. The species is fairly similar to Polypheretima taprobanae (Beddard, 1892) , but differs in absence of genital markings in the male region, and having a pair of genital markings near the spermathecal pores.