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 saigonensis (Omodeo, 195 7) Pheretima saigonensis Omodeo, 1957 : 327 , Figs 2, 4; Thai 1983 : 124 , as a synonym of Metaphire bahli ; Nakamura 1999 : 44 . Metaphire saigonensis— Sims & Easton 1972 : 239 ( peguana -group); Blakemore 2008b , as a synonym of Metaphire peguana ; Blakemore 2016 : 17 . Type locality. Vietnam ( Ho Chi Minh city = Sai Gon ). Type material. Unknown. Records from Vietnam . Ho Chi Minh City (= Saigon ) (Omodeo 195 7). Distribution. Only known from Vietnam . Vietnamese name. Giun sài gòn. Remarks. The species was considered a synonym of Metaphire peguana , but was restored to full species rank by Blakemore (2016) . M. peguana and M. saigonensis are clearly different in the distance between male pores and spermathecal pores ( Blakemore 2016 ).