Metaphire posthuma ( Vaillant, 1868 )

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57. Metaphire posthuma ( Vaillant, 1868)

Perichaeta posthuma Vaillant, 1868: 228 .

Perichaeta affinis Perrier, 1872: 106 .

Megascolex posthumus : Vaillant, 1889: 72.

Amyntas posthumus : Michaelsen, 1899b: 74.

Pheretima posthuma : Michaelsen, 1900: 295.

Pheretima incerta Beddard, 1912: 197 .

Metaphire posthuma : Sims & Easton, 1972: 239 (posthuma–group).

Metaphire posthuma (Vaillant) . Blakemore 2016: 537.

T. Java. TM. MNHN 656–71. D. Bihar: Bhagalpur ( Soota 1966), Jalla, Patna ( Gates 1960), Purneah ( Soota 1966), Pusa ( Soota 1966). Haryana: Ambala ( Dhiman & Battish 2006; Sharma & Bhardwaj 2014; Ahmad et al. 2020b), Karnal ( Sharma & Bhardwaj 2014; Ahmad et al. 2020b), Kurukshetra ( Sharma & Bhardwaj 2014; Ahmad et al. 2020b), Panipat ( Dhiman & Battish 2006; Ahmad et al. 2020b), Yamuna Nagar ( Sharma & Bhardwaj 2014; Garg & Julka 2017; Ahmad et al. 2020b). Punjab: Ajnala ( Singh et al. 2020), Anandpur Sahib ( Dhiman & Battish 2006), Balloke village ( Koul & Kocher 2016), Choorpur village ( Koul & Kocher 2016), Dairian village ( Koul & Kocher 2016), Faridkot ( Dhiman & Battish 2006), Ferozepur ( Soota 1966), Garhshankar forests ( Dhiman & Battish 2006), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar ( Mohan et al. 2013; Singh et al. 2020), Gurdaspur (Battish & Dhiman 2002; Dhiman & Battish 2006), Harike ( Singh et al. 2022), Hosiarpur ( Soota 1966; Battish & Dhiman 2002), Jagraon (Battish & Dhiman 2002), Jalandhar ( Soota 1966; Dhiman & Battish 2006), Jassian village ( Koul & Kocher 2016), Kanjali ( Singh et al. 2022), Kapurthala (Battish & Dhiman 2002; Dhiman & Battish 2006), Kohali ( Singh et al. 2020), Ludhiana ( Soota 1966; Battish & Dhiman 2002; Dhiman & Battish 2006), Lopoke ( Singh et al. 2020), Nandpur (Battish & Dhiman 2002), Neshta ( Singh et al. 2020), PAU ( Koul & Kocher 2016), Phagwara ( Soota 1966), Phillaur ( Dhiman & Battish 2006), Ropar ( Singh et al. 2022), Sahnewal (Battish & Dhiman 2002), Samrala (Battish & Dhiman 2002). Uttar Pradesh: Agra ( Soota 1966; Verma et al. 2010; Singh & Prakash 2012; Yadav 2014), Allahabad ( Soota 1966), Aligarh ( Verma et al. 2010; Yadav 2014), Badaun ( Verma et al. 2010; Prakash 2017), Banda ( Verma et al. 2010), Barabanki ( Halder et al. 2007), Bareilly ( Singh & Prakash 2012; Prakash 2017), Basti ( Halder et al. 2007; Verma et al. 2010), Bhujouli village, Deoria ( Halder et al. 2007), Bindra Ban ( Stephenson 1920), Bokhira village, Basti ( Halder et al. 2007), Bulandshahar ( Verma et al. 2010), Chandoli ( Verma et al. 2010), Chittrakut ( Verma et al. 2010), Dakshin Darwaza, Basti ( Halder et al. 2007), Deoria ( Halder et al. 2007), Etah ( Verma et al. 2010), Gorakhpur ( Halder et al. 2007; Verma et al. 2010; Kumar and Singh 2013), Hapur ( Verma et al. 2010), Jhansi ( Verma et al. 2010), Kanpur ( Verma et al. 2010), Kushinagar ( Singh & Singh 2023), Lakhimpur Kheri ( Verma et al. 2010), Lucknow ( Soota 1966; Verma et al. 2010), Mathura ( Verma et al. 2010), Meerut ( Verma et al. 2010; Singh & Prakash 2012; Prakash 2017), Mirzapur ( Verma et al. 2010), Moradabad ( Verma et al. 2010; Singh & Prakash 2012; Prakash 2017), Mohaddipur, Gorakhpur ( Halder et al. 2007), Pilibhit ( Verma et al. 2010; Prakash 2017), Rajghat, Gorakhpur ( Halder et al. 2007), Rampur ( Verma et al. 2010), Saharanpur ( Soota 1966; Singh & Prakash 2012; Prakash 2017), Shahjahanpur ( Prakash 2017), Santkabirnagar ( Verma et al. 2010), Sonbhadra ( Verma et al. 2010), Unnao ( Verma et al. 2010), Eastern Uttar Pradesh ( Rai & Nath 2014; Rai 2017). West Bengal: Bankura ( Halder 1998), Burdwan ( Halder 1998), Coochbehar ( Halder 1998), Howrah ( Halder 1998; Goswami & Gupta 2015), Jalpaiguri ( Halder 1998), Kolkata ( Halder 1998; Halder et al. 2007), Malda ( Halder 1998), Midnapur ( Halder 1998), Murshidabad ( Halder 1998), Nadia ( Halder 1998), North 24 Parganas ( Halder 1998; Bandyopadhyay et al. 2008), South 24 parganas ( Halder 1998; Goswami & Mondal 2015), West Dinajpur ( Halder 1998). E. Endogeic. G. Exotic.