Metaphire thaibinhensis (Thai, 1984)

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), Zootaxa 4140 (1), pp. 1-92 : 67

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scientific name	Metaphire thaibinhensis (Thai, 1984)
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Pheretima thaibinhensis Thai, 1984b: 616 , fig. 2B; Tran 1985: 46; Thai & Do 1989: 77; Le 1995a: 42; Thai 2000a: 310; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a: 116.

Pheretima (Amynthas) thaibinhensis— Thai 1983: 124.

Metaphire thaibinhensis— Blakemore 2007a: 98; Blakemore 2008b.

Type locality. Vietnam (Thai Binh).

Type material. ZMUM (W.223), Russia.

Examined material. 10 A (SORC-V.091.02) river banks of the Red River, Thanh Hoa, Phu Tho, 23/7/1993; 2 C and 1 A (CTU-EW.075.01) along the Red River, Thanh Ba, Phu Tho ; 1 C and 2 A (CTU-EW.075.02) Mekong river , Cagino, Cambodia, 27/10/1988, coll. Do Van Nhuong .

Records from Vietnam. Vinh Phuc (Thanh Hoa) ; Phu Tho (Phu Tho town) ; Ha Giang (Vi Xuyen) ; Thai Binh ; Hanoi (Ba Vi NP) ; Hai Duong ; Hung Yen ; Ha Nam ; Nam Dinh ; Ninh Binh ( Thai 1984b; Tran 1985; Le 1995a; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a).

Distribution. Cambodia ( Thai & Do 1989).

Vietnamese name. Giun thái bình.

Remarks. Material was re-examined and presence of male copulatory pouches and hence placement of the species in Metaphire is confirmed here.

References

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)

Huynh, T. K. H. & Nguyen, D. A. (2004 a) Diversity of earthworms of Bavi National Park, Hatay province. The proceedings of the national workshop on the basic issues in life science, 114 - 117. [Science and Technics Publishing House, Hanoi]

Le, V. T. (1995 a) The earthworm fauna of Northeastern Vietnam. PhD dissertation in Zoology. Hanoi National University of Education, Hanoi, 148 pp.

Thai, T. B. (1983) Earthworms of Vietnam (Systematic, fauna, distribution and zoogeographic). PhD dissertation in Zooglogy. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia [in Russian]

Thai, T. B. (1984 b) New species and subspecies of the genus Pheretima (Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae) from Vietnam. Zoologicheskii Jurnal, 63 (4), 613 - 617.

Thai, T. B. & Do, V. N. (1989) Remarks on earthworm fauna in Phnompenh and the neighbouring regions. Journal of Science of HNUE, special issue, 76 - 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.

Tran, T. M. (1985) The earthworm fauna of Red River Delta. PhD dissertation in Zoology. Hanoi National University of Education, Hanoi, 126 pp.