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
Pithemera
Sims & Easton, 1972
Pithemera
Sim & Easton, 1972
: 202
.
Type species.
Perichaeta bicincta
Perrier, 1875
, by original designation.
Distribution.
Mainly in Pacific Isls, e.g. Solomon Isl.,
New Britain
,
Fiji
,
Samoa
,
Philippines
(
Sims & Easton 1972
: 202;
Blakemore 2002
: 223, 2012a).
Remarks.
Members of the genus are easily recognized by the presence of intestinal caeca at xxi–xxiv, absence of copulatory pouches, and single or paired female pores on xiv. Currently, twelve species have been described (
Csuzdi 2012
), but only one has been found in Vietnam.