Amynthas wui ( Chen, 1935 )

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 : 49

Amynthas wui ( Chen, 1935)

Pheretima wui Chen, 1935: 109 , Fig. 1; Tran 1985: 50; Do 1994: 114; Le 1995a: 39; Pham 1995c: 92; Nakamura 1999: 22; Thai 2000a: 310; Huynh et al. 2005: 180; Tran & Ngo 2008: 133; Tran & Tran 2010: 8; Pham 2010: 64. Pheretima (Terrata) wui— Thai 1983: 123.

Amynthas wui— Sims & Easton 1972: 236; Blakemore 2007a: 106; Blakemore 2008b.

Type locality. China (Fukien: Amoy).

Type material. No. 13213, Museum of Biological Laboratory, Science Society of China.

Records from Vietnam. Dien Bien (Tuan Giao; Dien Bien Phu) ; Son La (Moc Chau) ; Hoa Binh (Tan Lac) ; Lao Cai (Pho Lu) ; Yen Bai (Luc Yen) ; Phu Tho (Doan Hung; Xuan Son NP) ; Vinh Phuc (Tam Dao); Bac Can (Bac Can) ; Bac Giang (Luc Ngan; Tan Yen; Khe Ro NR) ; Cao Bang (Trung Khanh; Cao Bang; Ha Lang; Thach An) ; Lang Son (Bac Son) ; Hai Phong ( Cat Ba Isl. ) ; Hanoi (Soc Son) ; Da Nang (Hoa Vang; Son Tra; Hai Van; Ba Na NP) ( Tran 1985; Do 1994; Le 1995a; Pham 1995c, 2010; Huynh et al. 2005; Tran & Ngo 2008; Tran & Tran 2010)

Distribution. China ( Chen 1935).

Vietnamese name. Giun wu.

Remarks. The species seems to be widely distributed in northern Vietnam. Thai (1983) proposed a new subgenus Terrata of the genus Pheretima , and placed the species under the new subgenus.