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Perionyx pincernus Stephenson 1916

Description

70. Perionyx pincernus Stephenson, 1916

Perionyx pincerna Stephenson, 1916: 319.

Perionyx pincernus Stephenson. Blakemore 2007: 47.

T. Near Ghoom, district Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. TM. ZSIC 7205. D. West Bengal: Darjeeling (Halder 1998; Paliwal 2013). E. NA. G. Endemic. R. Blakemore (2007) mentioned the species as “ Perionyx pincernus Stephenson, 1916 ” without any justification, thus the original nomenclature given by Stephenson is regarded as correct.

Notes

Published as part of Tiwari, Nalini, Tiwari, Pooja, Gupta, Neelima & Yadav, Shweta, 2024, An Annotated Checklist of Earthworms (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta) of Indo-Gangetic Plains of India, pp. 251-294 in Zootaxa 5477 (3) on page 274, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/12732734

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References

  • Stephenson, J. (1916) On a collection of Oligochaeta belonging to the Indian Museum. Records of the Indian Museum, 12, 299 - 354. https: // doi. org / 10.26515 / rzsi / v 12 / i 7 / 1916 / 163025
  • Blakemore, R. J. (2007) Checklist of 505 earthworm's species from India, Sri Lanka and the adjacent regions (excluding Myanmar) compiled from various sources [e. g. Stephenson (1923), Gates (1972), Julka (1988) etc.]. In: Blakemore, R. J. (Ed.), A series of searchable texts on earthworm biodiversity, ecology and systematic from various regions of the world. 3 rd Edition. Available from: http: // www. annelida. net / earthworm (accessed 17 June 2024)
  • Halder, K. R. (1998) Annelida: Oligochaeta: Earthworms. In: State Fauna. Series 3. Fauna of West Bengal. Part 10. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, pp. 17 - 93.
  • Paliwal, R. (2013) Endemic Annelids (Earthworms) of Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 113 (2), 91 - 103.