Metaphire varians songbaana (Thai, 1984)

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 : 68-69

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AD1F6B4E-3B0D-422C-B47C-0495BD385857

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5467370

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B5727931-FFF2-7943-FF3C-238060558E7F

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Plazi

scientific name

Metaphire varians songbaana (Thai, 1984)
status

 

Metaphire varians songbaana (Thai, 1984)

Pheretima varians songbaana Thai, 1984b: 617 , fig. 2D; Nguyen 1994: 72; Pham 1995c: 93; Thai 2000a: 310; Huynh 2005a: 123; Nguyen V.T. & Tran 2008: 185; Pham 2010: 64.

Pheretima (Terrata) varians songbaana— Thai 1983: 123.

Metaphire varians songbaana— Blakemore 2007a: 103; Blakemore 2008b.

Type locality. Vietnam (Gia Lai: An Khe ).

Type material. ZMUM (W.198), Russia.

Examined material. 5 C and 2 A (SORC-V.098.01) Banana garden, Lien Son , Mai Hoa , 21/8/1991, coll. Nguyen Duc Tan ; 10 C and 29 A (CTU-EW.077.01) primary forest, Kon Ka Kinh NP , Gia Lai, 20/10/2010, coll. Phan Thi Mai .

Records from Vietnam. Gia Lai (An Khe) ; Quang Binh (Quang Trach; Bo Trach) ; Quang Tri (Quang Tri town); Thua Thien Hue (Huong Dien; Hue) ; Da Nang (Hoa Vang; Son Tra; Hai Van; Ba Na NP) ; Quang Nam (Hiep Duc; Tam Ky; Tien Phuoc) ; Quang Ngai (Quang Ngai; Tu Nghia) ; Binh Dinh ( Thai 1984b; Nguyen 1994; Pham 1995c, 2010; Huynh 2005a; Nguyen V.T. & Tran 2008).

Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.

Vietnamese name. Giun sông ba.

Remarks. Thai (1983) proposed a new subgenus Terrata of the genus Pheretima , and placed the species under the new subgenus. Material was re-examined and presence of male copulatory pouches and hence placement of the species in Metaphire is confirmed here.

ZMUM

Zoological Museum, University of Amoy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Oligochaeta

Order

Haplotaxida

Family

Megascolecidae

Genus

Metaphire

Loc

Metaphire varians songbaana (Thai, 1984)

Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J. 2016
2016
Loc

Metaphire varians

Blakemore 2007: 103
2007
Loc

Pheretima varians songbaana

Pham 2010: 64
Nguyen 2008: 185
Huynh 2005: 123
Thai 2000: 310
Pham 1995: 93
Nguyen 1994: 72
Thai 1984: 617
1984
Loc

Pheretima (Terrata) varians

Thai 1983: 123
1983
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