Amynthas morrisi (Beddard, 1892)

Singh, Ankit Kumar & Khanal, Laxman, 2025, Annotated Checklist of the Earthworms (Annelida: Clitellata: Megadrili) of Nepal, Zootaxa 5589 (1), pp. 91-111 : 99

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scientific name	Amynthas morrisi (Beddard, 1892)
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Perichaeta morrisi Beddard, 1892b: 166 View in CoL .

Pheretima barbadensis (Beddard) View in CoL , Michaelsen 1900: 254

Pheretima morrisi (Beddard) , Michaelsen 1900: 287.

Pheretima hawayana var. lineata Gates, 1926: 154 .

Amynthas morrisi (Beddard) , Sims & Easton 1972: 236.

Further synonyms in Blakemore (2012, 2014).

Type Locality: Kew Gardens from Penang Malaysia ( Blakemore, 2012) .

Distribution in Nepal: Bagmati Province, Kathmandu District, Nepal Valley (Now it is known as Kathmandu Valley), East Himalaya (1370–1980 m asl) ( Thapa 2019), Machhegaun, Chandragiri and Tokha ( Singh 2022).

Distribution elsewhere: Australia, Bermuda, Europe, East or Southeast Asia; India, United Arab Emirates (Dubai), Turkey (Gates 1937; Sims & Gerard 1999; Monroy et al. 2003; Reynolds & Fragoso 2004; Blakemore 2007; Reynolds & Reynolds 2010; Sun et al. 2015; Subedi et al. 2018b; Reynolds & Mısırlıoğlu 2018).

Habitat: Abandoned land, crop fields, forest, grasslands, garden, gravel, sandy lawn, oak plantation ( Sharma & Bhardwaj 2014; Singh 2022).

Ecology: Anecic ( Singh et al. 2020); Endogeic ( Singh 2022)

Remarks: It is an exotic species ( Ahmed et al. 2020).

References

Ahmed, S., Julka, J. M. & Kumar, H. (2020) Earthworms (Annelida: Clitellata: Megadrili) of Solan, a constituent of Himalayan Biodiversity Hotspot, India. Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa , 63 (1), 19-50. https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.63.e49099

Beddard, F. E. (1892 b) On some species of the genus Perichaeta (sensu stricto). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1892, 153-172.

Blakemore, R. J. (2012) Cosmopolitan earthworms - an eco-taxonomic guide to the peregrine species of the world. 5 th Edition: VermEcology Solutions, Yokohama, 850 + 350 pp.

Gates, G. E. (1926) Note on a new species of Pheretima from Rangoon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 9, 17 (100), 411-415. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932608633432

Michaelsen, W. (1900) Das Tierreich 10. Lief. Vermes, Oligochaeta. Friedlander & Sohn, Berlin, 575 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11605

Monroy, F., Aira, M., Dominguez J. & Marino F. (2003) Distribution of earthworms in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. European Journal of Soil Biology, 39, 13-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1164-5563(02)00004-3

Reynolds, J. W. & Fragoso, C. (2004) The earthworms (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae and Ocnerodrilidae) of Bermuda. Megadrilogica, 10 (4), 17-26.

Reynolds, J. W. & Reynolds, D. W. (2010) The Great Global Earthworm Race goes to Dubai, U. A. E. Megadrilogica, 14 (2), 49-52.

Reynolds, J. W. & Misirlioglu, I. M. (2018) A preliminary key to Turkish Megadriles (Annelida, Clitellata, Oligochaeta), based on external characters, insofar as possible. Megadrilogica, 23 (11), 141-160.

Sharma, R. K. & Bhardwaj, P. (2014) Earthworm diversity in Trans-Gangetic habitats of Haryana, India. Research Journal of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, 2 (2), 1-7.

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 (3), 169-268. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1972.tb00694.x

Singh, S., Sharma, A., Khajuria, K., Singh, J. & Vig, A. P. (2020) Soil properties changes earthworm diversity indices in different Agro-ecosystem. BMC Ecology, 20 (1), 27. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-020-00296-5

Singh, A. K. (2022) Earthworm diversity and distribution in Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Central Nepal. International Journal of Applied Science and Biotechnology, 10 (2), 124-133. https://doi.org/10.3126/ijasbt.v10i2.45105

Subedi, H. P., Saxena, R. M. & Reynolds, J. W. (2018 b) New records of earthworm species Amynthas morrisi, Perionyx himalayanus and Perionyx jorpokriensis (Oligochaeta; Megascolecidae) from Sikkim, India. Megadrilogica, 23 (4), 69-77.

Sun, J., Jiang, J. B., Zhao, Q. & Qiu, J. P. (2015) New earthworms of the Amynthas morrisi- group (Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae) from Hainan Island, China. Zootaxa, 4058 (2), 257-266. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4058.2.7

Thapa, V. K. (2019) n. k. In: Invertebrates Fauna of Nepal (excluding insects). V. K. Thapa, Kathmandu, pp. 45-55.