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Metaphire easupana

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Metaphire easupana (Thai & Huynh, 1993)

Pheretima easupana Thai & Huynh, 1993 (in: Thai et al. 1993): 14, fig. 1C; Thai 2000a: 308; Huynh 2006: 121. Metaphire? easupana— Blakemore 2007a: 32; Blakemore 2008b.

Type locality. Vietnam (Dak Lak: Ea Sup).

Type material. SORC, Vietnam.

Examined material. 4 C (SORC-HPV.043.01) Banana garden, Ea Lop, Ea Sup, Dak Lak, 19/10/1989, coll. Huynh Thi Kim Hoi.

Records from Vietnam. Dak Lak (Ea Sup) (Thai et al. 1993; Huynh 2005a).

Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.

Vietnamese name. Giun easup.

Remarks. Blakemore (2007a) stated its status as " species inquirenda ". Material was re-examined and presence of male copulatory pouches and hence placement of the species in Metaphire is confirmed here.

Notes

Published as part of 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), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/B5727931FF867930FF3C215D66CF89BC

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/256507 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/494B0149FFB17907FFAB254162078C42 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/AD1F6B4E-3B0D-422C-B47C-0495BD385857 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/B5727931FF867930FF3C215D66CF89BC (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/123207375 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/38477/taxon/B5727931FF867930FF3C215D66CF89BC.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
SORC
Family
Megascolecidae
Genus
Metaphire
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Haplotaxida
Phylum
Annelida
Species
easupana
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype

References

  • Thai, T. B., Do, V. N. & Huynh, T. K. H. (1993) New species of earthworms of genus Pheretima Kinberg, 1867 (Megascolecidae - Oligochaeta) from Yokdon, Daclac province. TAP CHI SINH HOC, 15 (4), 12 - 15.
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • Huynh, T. K. H. (2005 a) The earthworm fauna of southern part of central Vietnam and their potential usages. Medicine Publishing House, Hanoi, 189 pp.