Amynthas leucocircus ( Chen, 1933 )

Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), Zootaxa 4140 (1), pp. 1-92 : 35

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Amynthas leucocircus ( Chen, 1933 )
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Amynthas leucocircus ( Chen, 1933)

Pheretima leucocirca Chen, 1933: 262 , Figs 22–23; Do 1994: 89; Le 1995a: 53; Nakamura 1999: 43; Thai 2000a: 309; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a: 115; Tran & Ngo 2008: 133.

Pheretima (Amynthas) leucocirca— Thai 1983: 124.

Amynthas leucocircus— Sims & Easton 1972: 237; Blakemore 2007a: 58; Blakemore 2008b.

Type locality. China (Ihsing, Kiangsu).

Type material. ZMNU (No. 554–556), China.

Examined material. 1 C (SORC-V.147.01) forest at the elevation of 800m a.s.l., Tam Dao NP, Vinh Phuc, 2/ 8/1984.

Records from Vietnam. Lao Cai (Bac Ha) ; Cao Bang (Thach An) ; Lang Son (Binh Gia; Bac Son) ; Yen Bai (Bao Ha) ; Vinh Phuc (Tam Dao NP) ; Bac Giang (Son Dong: Khe Ro) ; Thanh Hoa (Ngoc Lac) (Do 1994; Le 1995a; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a; Tran & Ngo 2008).

Distribution. China ( Chen 1933).

Vietnamese name. Giun vành trắng.

Remarks. 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.

Blakemore, R. J. (2007 a) Updated checklist of Pheretimoids (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae: Pheretima auct.) taxa. www. annelida. net / earthworm / Pheretimoids. pdf (accessed 6 Jun 2016)

Blakemore, R. J. (2008 b) List of earthworms from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam (Excel spreadsheet). In: A Series of Searchable Texts on Earthworm Biodiversity, Ecology and Systematics from Various Regions of the World - 2 nd Edition (2008). VermEcology, Yokohama. CD - ROM. Avaliable from: http: // www. annelida. net / earthworm / Vietnam % 20 + % 20 Lao s % 20 + % 20 Cambodia 1. xls (Accessed 21 Jul. 2016)

Chen, Y. (1933) The preliminary survey of the earthworms of the lower Yangtze valley. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China, Zoological Series, 9 (4), 177 - 294.

Huynh, T. K. H. & Nguyen, D. A. (2004 a) Diversity of earthworms of Bavi National Park, Hatay province. The proceedings of the national workshop on the basic issues in life science, 114 - 117. [Science and Technics Publishing House, Hanoi]

Le, V. T. (1995 a) The earthworm fauna of Northeastern Vietnam. PhD dissertation in Zoology. Hanoi National University of Education, Hanoi, 148 pp.

Nakamura, Y. (1999) Checklist of earthworms of Pheretima genus group (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) of the world. Edaphologia, 64, 1 - 78.

Sims, R. W. & Easton, E. G. (1972) A numerical revision of the earthworm genus Pheretima auct. (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) with the recognition of new genera and an appendix on the earthworms collected by the Royal Society North Borneo Expedition. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 4, 169 - 268. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1095 - 8312.1972. tb 00694. x

Thai, T. B. (1983) Earthworms of Vietnam (Systematic, fauna, distribution and zoogeographic). PhD dissertation in Zooglogy. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia [in Russian]

Thai, T. B. (2000 a) Species diversity of earthworms in Vietnam. Proceedings of the national workshop on the basic issues in life science. Hanoi Science and Technics Publishing House, 307 - 311.

Tran, T. T. B. & Ngo, V. N. (2008) Composition and distribution of earthworms in Khe Ro natural Reserve. Journal of Science of HNUE, Natural Science, 53 (3), 131 - 137.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Clitellata

Order

Opisthopora

Family

Megascolecidae

Genus

Amynthas