Amynthas carnosus (Goto and Hatai, 1899)

Blakemore, Robert J., 2013, Jeju-do earthworms (Oligochaeta: Megadrilacea) - Quelpart Island revisited, Journal of Species Research 2 (1), pp. 15-54 : 24-25

Amynthas carnosus (Goto and Hatai, 1899)

Material examined. Tokyo Museum neotype (An435) designated and described by Blakemore (2012a). IV000 0261224 from Seogwipo found during walk from Botanic Gardens, 9 th Sept. 2012 collected by RJB from under rocks beside road, providing DNA sample ( WO 67). Specimen undissected but is superficially similar to A.carnosus . Remarks. Chinese/Japanese/Korean Amynthas carnosus (Goto & Hatai, 1899) recently redescribed on the Tokyo museum neotype (Tokyo NSMT An435) by Blakemore (2012a; 2012f) where an annotated synonymy included: kyamikia Kobayashi, 1934, monstrifera Kobayashi, 1936, sangyeoli, youngtai , kimhaeiensis, sinsiensis and baemsagolensis - all Korean names by Hong & James, 2001, and Taiwanese monsoonus James et al., 2005. However, Chinese A. pingi (Stephenson, 1925) (syn. fornicata Gates, 1935) was maintained separately, at least for the present, until its comprehensive review, possibly extending to DNA barcode differentiation. Distribution is Japan (Goto & Hatai, 1899; Easton, 1981), Korea and Quelpart Island ( Kobayashi, 1936; 1938: 161). Hong & James (2001a) claimed their Amynthas youngtai from Mt Halla, but this is a clear synonym of A. carnosus (Goto & Hatai, 1899) after Blakemore (2012a). In addition to these locations, A. carnosus is known from China (Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Shandong, Hong Kong, Sichuan, Beijing) and possibly Vietnam (as P. pingi ). Recent Chinese claims from islands of Hainan as Amynthas fuscus Qiu & Sun, 2012 and off from Taiwan, as Amynthas taiwumontis Shen et al., 2013 syn. nov. that agree with Kobayashi (1936: fig. 1 types I or II and fig. 2 type I) - see Blakemore (2012a). Both A. fuscus and A. taiwumontis were compared to Amynthas fornicatus ( Gates, 1935) which is surprising as it is currently held in synonymy of Chinese A. pingi (Stephenson, 1925) , itself usually in synonymy of A. carnosus . Senior synonyms were further ignored as A. fuscus was compared to A. homosetus (Shen, 1938) and the A. sangumburi synonyms of A. corticis ; while A.

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taiwumontis was also compared to A. marenzelleri (Cognetti, 1906) from Yokohama, a long established synonyn of A. corticis (Kinberg, 1867) despite its recent redescription by Blakemore (2012b: 114). Despite their claim, barcode data for “ A. taiwumontis ” could be found neither on GenBank nor on iBOLD site of the CCDB (www.ccbd. ca Feb., 2013).

These authors are invited to confirm their taxa, to correct their mistakes and to understand that no Asian country is in isolation as the species are often mutually shared. Moreover, ICZN requires consistency across names and treatments regardless of where specimens occur.