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Amynthas namdongensis

Description

Amynthas namdongensis (Thai & Nguyen, 1993)

Pheretima namdongensis Thai & Nguyen, 1993 (in Nguyen 1993): 5, fig. 1B; Nguyen 1994: 56; Nakamura 1999: 43; Thai 2000a: 309.

Amynthas? namdongensis— Blakemore 2007a: 70; Blakemore 2008b.

Type locality. Vietnam (Thua Thien Hue: Nam Dong).

Type material. SORC, Vietnam.

Records from Vietnam. Thua Thien Hue (Nam Dong; A Luoi) (Nguyen 1993, 1994).

Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.

Vietnamese name. Giun nam đông.

Remarks. Blakemore (2007a, 2008b) considered it as " species inquirenda ". 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 40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
SORC
Family
Megascolecidae
Genus
Amynthas
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Opisthopora
Phylum
Annelida
Species
namdongensis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype

References

  • Nguyen, V. T. (1993) Some new species of earthworms of genus Pheretima Kinberg, 1867 (Megascolecidae - Oligochaeta) from Thua Thien - Hue, Vietnam. TAP CHI SINH HOC, 15 (1), 5 - 8.
  • Nguyen, V. T. (1994) The earthworm fauna of Binh Tri Thien region. PhD dissertation in Zoology. Hanoi National University of Education, Hanoi, 193 pp.
  • Nakamura, Y. (1999) Checklist of earthworms of Pheretima genus group (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) of the world. Edaphologia, 64, 1 - 78.
  • 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)