The First Record of Metaphire Birmanica (Rosa, 1888) in Vietnam, with Notes on Several Earthworm Species


Dang Hai Lam(1*), Anh Duc Nguyen(2), Tung Thanh Nguyen(3)

(1) Department of Biology, School of Education, Can Tho University, Can Tho city, Vietnam, Viet Nam
(2) Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Viet Nam
(3) Department of Biology, School of Education, Can Tho University, Can Tho city, Vietnam, Viet Nam
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract


The Amynthas and Metaphire species recorded in Vietnam have been rechecked based on original descriptions and preserved specimens. As a result, Metaphire birmanica (Rosa, 1888) is recorded in Vietnam for the first time. The species is recognized by having three pairs of spermathecal pores in 5/6/7/8, male pores in xviii, presence of copulatory pouches, no genial markings, and manicate intestinal caeca. In addition, three species have been rechecked and re-assigned to different genera, namely Amynthas tripidoporophoratus (Thai & Nguyen, 1993) comb. nov., Metaphire dranfocana (Do & Huynh, 1993) comb. nov., Metaphire anhumalatana (Thai & Huynh, 1993) comb. nov.


Keywords


Amynthas, biodiversity, Megascolecidae, Metaphire, Pheretima, taxonomy, Vietnam.

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