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Pithemera bicincta Perrier 1875

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Pithemera bicincta (Perrier, 1875)

Perichaeta bicincta Perrier, 1875: 1044; Michaelsen 1900: 419.

Pheretima bicincta— Gates 1972: 170; Nguyen 1994: 43; Thai 2000a: 308.

Pithemera bicincta— Sims & Easton 1972: 202, 232; Lee, 1981: 563, Figs 29–30; Easton, 1981: 60; Easton, 1981: 60; 1982: 732; Blakemore 2002: 227, Fig. 2.18; Blakemore 2007a: 14; Blakemore 2008.

Perichaeta violacea Beddard, 1895a: 407, synonymized by Michaelsen (1910: 84).

Pithemera philippinensis James & Hong, 2004 (in: James et al. 2004): 9, Figs 2C–D, synonymized by Blakemore (2016: 19).

See Blakemore (2002) for more synonyms.

Type locality. Philippines (Mindoro, or Luzon).

Type material. MNHN, France (AE 689-692) inspected by Michaelsen (1910: 84).

Records from Vietnam. Quang Binh (Quang Trach) (Nguyen 1994).

Distribution. A cosmopolitan species, frequently reported from Philippines, Myanmar, Taiwan, Java, Hawaii, Mexico, USA, Malaysia, India, West Indies, Japan, Samoa, Fiji, Penang west of Malacca, and Grenada in the Antilles, Australia (Blakemore 2002, 2007a).

Remarks. Further examination was not possible because all previously collected material has been lost.

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 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Collection code
MNHN
Scientific name authorship
Perrier
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Order
Haplotaxida
Family
Megascolecidae
Genus
Pithemera
Species
bicincta
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Pithemera bicincta Perrier, 1875 sec. Nguyen, Nguyen, Tran & Blakemore, 2016

References

  • Perrier, E. (1875) Sur les vers de terre desiles de Philippines et de la Cochinchine. Les Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, 81, 1043 - 1046.
  • Michaelsen, W. (1900) Oligochaeta. Das Tierreich, 10, 1 - 575.
  • Gates, G. E. (1972) Burmese Earthworms: An Introduction to the Systematics and Biology of Megadrile Oligochaetes with Special Reference to Southeast Asia. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, N. S. 62 (7), 1 - 326. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2307 / 1006214
  • Nguyen, V. T. (1994) The earthworm fauna of Binh Tri Thien region. PhD dissertation in Zoology. Hanoi National University of Education, Hanoi, 193 pp.
  • 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.
  • Sims, R. W. & Easton, E. G. (1972) A numerical revision of the earthworm genus Pheretima auct. (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) with the recognition of new genera and an appendix on the earthworms collected by the Royal Society North Borneo Expedition. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 4, 169 - 268. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1095 - 8312.1972. tb 00694. x
  • Lee, K. E. (1981) Earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta) of Vanua Tu (New Hebrides Islands). Australian Journal of Zoology, 29, 535 - 572. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1071 / ZO 9810535
  • Easton, E. G. (1981) Japanese earthworms: a synopsis of the Megadrile species (Oligochaeta). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology), 40 (2), 33 - 65.
  • Blakemore, R. J. (2002) Cosmopolitan Earthworms - an Eco - Taxonomic Guide to the Peregrine Species of the World. 2 nd Ed. VermEcology, PO BOX 414 Kippax, ACT 2615, Australia. August, 2002.
  • Blakemore, R. J. (2007 a) Updated checklist of Pheretimoids (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae: Pheretima auct.) taxa. www. annelida. net / earthworm / Pheretimoids. pdf (accessed 6 Jun 2016)
  • Beddard, F. E. (1895 a) A monograph of the Order Oligochaeta. The Clarendon Press, Oxford, 769 pp. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 28557
  • Michaelsen, W. (1910) Oligochaten von verschiedenen Gebieten. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten, 27, 47 - 169.
  • James, S. W., Hong, Y., Kim, T. H. (2004) New earthworms of Pheretima and Pithemera (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Mt. Arayat, Luzon Island, Philippines. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 111, 3 - 10. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 80221
  • Blakemore, R. J. (2016) Darwin's earthworms (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Megadrilacea, Acanthodrilidae, Octochaetidae, Megascolecidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae) with review of cosmopolitan Metaphire peguana - species group from Philippines. Opuscula Zoologic a, 47 (1), 09 - 30. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.18348 / opzool. 2016.1.9