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Amynthas tschiliensis subsp. tschiliensis Michaelsen 1928

Description

Amynthas tschiliensis tschiliensis (Michaelsen, 1928)

Pheretima tschiliensis Michaelsen, 1928a: 13; Chen 1933: 250; Nguyen 1994: 71; Pham 1995c: 83; Nakamura 1999: 45; Thai 2000a: 310; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a: 116; Huynh 2005a: 108; Pham 2010: 64.

Pheretima (Amynthas) tsiliensis (sic!) Thai 1983: 125.

Amynthas tschiliensis— Sims & Easton 1972: 237; Blakemore 2008b, species incertus sedis.

Amynthas? tschiliensis tschiliensis— Blakemore 2007a: 101, " incertae sedis ".

Type locality. China (Tschili).

Type material. Unknown

Examined material. 2 C (SORC-V.167.11) bushes, Km 13, Bach Ma NP, Thua Thien Hue; 3 C (SORC- V.167.10) banana, Tam Ky, Quang Nam, 14/2/1984; 4 C and 5 A (SORC-V.167.09) long-term tree garden, Tam Dan, Tam Ky, Quang Nam, 4/9/1994, coll. Pham Thi Hong Ha.

Records from Vietnam. Hanoi (Ba Vi NP); Quang Binh (Tuyen Hoa); Thua Thien Hue (Huong Thuy; Nam Dong; Phu Loc); Da Nang (Hoa Vang; Son Tra; Hai Van; Ba Na NP); Quang Nam (Dien Ban; Duy Xuyen; Dai Loc; Thang Binh; Que Son; Hiep Duc; Tien Phuoc); Gia Lai (Buon Luoi); Dak Lak (Yon Don) (Nguyen 1994; Pham 1995c, 2010; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a; Huynh 2005a).

Distribution. Vietnam; China (Michaelsen 1928; Chen 1933).

Vietnamese name. Giun tschili.

Remarks. Although Blakemore (2007a) noted the species as " incertae sedis ", Csuzdi (2012) accepted the generic placement.

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 pages 47-48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507

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References

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